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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: "Jianglin Mei"<mei@mail.com>
Reply-To: cymirunnn@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 20:04:56 -0800
Subject: 2021 Road To Success For You
Greeting,
I'm writing you this very letter to inquire about your well being and that=
of your love ones at a critical time like this hitting the whole world har=
d due to the coronavirus pandemic.I know we are privileged to still be aliv=
e till now as many who i know in persons died due to the covid 19 Virus. Le=
t's utilize the advantage of being alive and enrich our selves.
I'm using this given time to inform you of a contractor I know who died of=
this virus. He had an outstanding payment of a contract sum to the tune of=
10 Million USD which is with the bank that wasn't paid to him before he di=
ed without the notice of the bank. Now the bank insider that knows about th=
e funds informed me about this deal , saying if i'm able to get someone rel=
iable and trustworthy who can be presented to the bank as the beneficiary o=
f the funds. He assured me that is risk free as there is no any form of imp=
lication or irregularities involved, based on the fact that he has been ab=
le to file the account dormant and have submitted all the processing docum=
ents to the bank headquarters , all that will be required of you to do is j=
ust to provide the below informations.
YOUR FULL NAME:
HOME ADDRESS: =
MOBILE PHONE NUMBER:
PROFESSION:
GENDER:
AGE:
COUNTRY:
Above are the required information from you so i can give to him in other=
to enable him to release The Bank contact details and the Account Referen=
ce code number which will be given to you by me to present to the bank for =
the funds release.
The sharing ration will be 50/50 .
I wait to hear from you, =
Best Regards.
Johnny Mei=20
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