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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- tomfoster700@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr Tom Foster. " <info@mail.com>
Reply-To: tomfoster700@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2021 17:43:55 -0700
Subject: "HELP ORGANIZATION"
Good day...
Do you know that there is a "HELP ORGANIZATION" donation going on to help citizens during this pandemic and hard time?
The donation started since January 1st 2021
It comes with an ATM cards which "HELP ORGANIZATION" has also deposited with money in
to distrubute to interested people who want to have access to use this card to
collect 5000 dollars weekly for 6 months.
The card looks like the normal ATM card and it is not hard to operate
although it has more special function than the normal bank card.
If you have this card you can shop , make payments, withdraw from ATM and
also do any online shopping from internet then pay with the card.
For more infomation on claming your card kindly contact the admin:
Mr Tom Foster.
Email : tomfoster700@gmail.com
Whatsapp: +1(210)898-7458
They will give you this card.
Thank you.
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