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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.
Click here to report a problem with this page.
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: "Ruben Jangirova" <santad.w@psu.ac.th>
Reply-To: descompany001@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2021 01:09:31 +0700
Subject: Hi Dear Package Owner
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I'm here to bring your notification that the Federal Ministry of Finance
have signed that your delivery must be today because your fund have been
here for 2 years and 4 months $15.5 USD which you supposed to received for
some couples of weeks now,Please kindly reply back once you receive this
message right now with your details.
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PSU E-Mail Security Policy:
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Prince of Songkla University will never ask for your password.
If you receive an email that either:
- Asks for your password, or
- Tells you to click a link that redirects to a website outside psu.ac.th
domain and ask for password confirmation/reset.
It is definitely a dangerous phishing/scam email.
If you get such an email, please contact report-phish@psu.ac.th
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