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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 uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Mrs Helena Fredric <familfamily300@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: faa206070@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 18:15:37 +0100
Subject: Hello My Dear,
Hello My Dear,
My Greetings to you, MY Dear This is my second email to you but No
reply. Why? Please I need a good clarification / my question is; have
you received your charity offer this sum of €3.8 MILLION EUROS from
the correspondence bank?
It's just because the donation offer this sum of €3.8 MILLION EUROS
has been registered in your name for Humanitarian & Charity works to
help those Less privileges and old folks living in your home town as
part of rural & Charity Supports in your community.
Please i need your urgent clarifications. Have you received the
donation offer or not yet?
Best Regards,
From Mrs Helena Fredric,
Secretary of Economic & Development(OECD).
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