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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam
The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.
Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
Fraud email example:
From: "MrMr Kelvin Akindele"<ubabankforafrica6@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2020 04:16:10 -0800
Subject: my 91.204.45.178
Software zur Erkennung von "Spam" auf dem Rechner
stinke.org
hat die eingegangene E-mail als mögliche "Spam"-Nachricht identifiziert.
Die ursprüngliche Nachricht wurde an diesen Bericht angehängt, so dass
Sie sie anschauen können (falls es doch eine legitime E-Mail ist) oder
ähnliche unerwünschte Nachrichten in Zukunft markieren können.
Bei Fragen zu diesem Vorgang wenden Sie sich bitte an
kevin@jenness.de
Vorschau: UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA - AFRICA'S GLOBAL BANK HEAD OFFICE
ADDRESS UBA HOUSE Direct phone number +234 81 419 97690 I Am Mr Kelvin Akindele
the director cash processing united bank for African the international monetary
fund (I.M.F.) in conjunction with Organization of African Unity (O.A.U) is
compensating all the [...]
Inhaltsanalyse im Detail: (20.4 Punkte, 4.0 benötigt)
Pkte Regelname Beschreibung
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3.3 RCVD_IN_SBL_CSS RBL: Received via a relay in Spamhaus SBL-CSS
[185.235.165.180 listed in zen.spamhaus.org]
0.8 HK_SCAM_N8 BODY: No description available.
0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail
provider (ubabankforafrica6[at]gmail.com)
1.0 FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD 'From' gmail.com does not match 'Received'
headers
0.0 DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED No valid author signature, adsp_override is
CUSTOM_MED
0.8 BAYES_50 BODY: Spamwahrscheinlichkeit nach Bayes-Test: 40-60%
[score: 0.5000]
0.5 MISSING_MID Missing Message-Id: header
0.0 LOTS_OF_MONEY Huge... sums of money
0.8 RDNS_NONE Delivered to internal network by a host with no rDNS
1.0 FREEMAIL_REPLYTO Reply-To/From or Reply-To/body contain
different freemails
0.0 MONEY_FROM_MISSP Lots of money and misspaced From
3.5 FROM_MISSP_PHISH Malformed, claims to be from financial
organization - possible phish
2.5 FROM_MISSP_REPLYTO From misspaced, has Reply-To
0.9 NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED ADSP custom_med hit, and not from a mailing
list
0.2 HELO_MISC_IP Looking for more Dynamic IP Relays
2.5 SPOOFED_FREEM_REPTO Forged freemail sender with freemail
reply-to
0.0 T_FILL_THIS_FORM_SHORT Fill in a short form with personal
information
2.5 MONEY_FORM_SHORT Lots of money if you fill out a short form
0.0 FORM_FRAUD_3 Fill a form and several fraud phrases
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