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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: Adrian Tongson <agm_fund@icb.gov.bd>
Reply-To: Adrian Tongson <andriantongsondonations@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 11:22:39 +0600 (BDT)
Subject: DONATIES
Ik ben Adrian Tongson uit Racine, Wisconsin, de winnaar van de jackpot van $ 120 miljoen in de Mega Millions-jackpotloterij op 15 september 2020. Je kunt dit bekijken door de onderstaande winnende websites te bezoekenhttps://www.cbs58.com/news/racine-man-won-120-million-mega-millions-jackpotMijn jackpotwinst was een geschenk van God aan mij en mijn gezin. Ik besloot in deze moeilijke tijd in totaal $ 20 miljoen te doneren om individuen en goede doelen over de hele wereld te helpen. Elke ontvanger ontvangt 2 miljoen. Google heeft, in samenwerking met Microsoft en Yahoo, uw "e-mail" gestuurd naar mijn verzoek om een donatie van $ 2.000.000. Accepteer dit alstublieft als een symbool van liefde van mij en als een geschenk van mij en mijn familie aan u en degenen die het nodig hebben tijdens deze pandemie.Neem contact met mij op om erachter te komen hoe u de donatie kunt krijgenandriantongsondonations@outlook.comAdrian Tongson
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