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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. Evelyn Jaxon" <evelynjaxon3@gmail.com>
Reply-To: evelynjaxon9@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 12:02:26 +0000
Subject: DONATION FROM MRS. EVELYN JAXON
Greetings dear, How are you and your family
I am Mrs. Evelyn Jaxon. Please my beloved, I have a donation fund of
$2.800,000 USD (Million Dollar) that i want to donate through you for
charity and orphanage purposes which i inherited from my late husband. I
have been suffering from blood cancer for a long time now and have been
admitted to hospital for treatment where the doctor informed me, after a
series of tests on me that I may not live long because of the sickness and
I'm afraid of losing this fund to the wicked government.
I will appreciate your honesty and courage to accept and handle this
donation to help the orphanage and the charity home, I'm looking forward to
hear from you soon to give you more details about it.
Regards From
Mrs. Evelyn Jaxon
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