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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: Donald Klebah <ekeneya01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bj83272@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2021 15:16:02 +0000
Subject: Hi Dear
Hello to you from here and how are you today?.
I am Mr. Donald Klebah, 55 years of age and a banker by profession.
I have an urgent and important transaction which requires the
collaboration of a foreigner to execute for the benefit of both of us.
I am contacting you because our late customer has the same SURNAME as
yours and died without a Next-Of-Kin to the deposit he has with us.
I want you to get back to me so that I can explain to you how we can
claim these funds and share for ourselves and charity.
Regards,
Mr. Donald Klebah
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