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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 Pepple" <testing@barracuda.brdb.com.my>
Reply-To: <donaldpepple28@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 22:11:54 +0200
Subject: HELLO!!
Hello my name is Donald pepple and i work with Instagram hope you don't mind me taken a little bit of your time? Am here to inform you about the Instagram promo going on right now this promo helps people to double up their cash.As soon as you invest, you get double cash in return in less than 20 minutes into your wallet account. We started this program to actually help people who don't have a enough money to start up their business,people leaving in depth,bills,etc to help them get back to their feet's.you might be wondering how do you invest with little amount of money and get more in return How? i will explain.Instagram went in partnership with various investment companies in the world globally so what we do is we put your money into different investment business big trading companies etc and they help you invest with it and pay you double with interest.
WHAT YOU RECEIVE WHEN YOU FLIP IN RETURN IN LESS THAN 20 MINS
200$ RETURN = 1000$
500$ RETURN = 2000$
1000 RETURN = 3000$
2000$ RETURN = 6000$
Fast easy and 100% legit & safe. please get back to me as soon as you receieve my mail if your intrested! Have a nice day hope to hear from you.
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