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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.
- maria.elisabeth8008@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: MARIA LUISA BRIONES CAAMANO <mluisa.briones@inclusion.gob.ec>
Reply-To: Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler-Thumann <maria.elisabeth8008@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2021 04:50:29 -0500 (ECT)
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?Dobr=C3=BD_den,_byl_v=C3=A1m_darov=C3=A1n_dar.?=
Dar €1,700,000 EUR od Marie Elisabeth. Pro vÃce informacà prosÃm odpovÄ›zte na [ mailto:maria.elisabeth8008@gmail.com | maria.elisabeth8008@gmail.com ]
Nota de descargo: La informacion contenida en este mensaje y sus anexos tiene caracter confidencial, y esta dirigida unicamente al destinatario de la misma y solo podra ser usada por este. Si el lector de este mensaje no es el destinatario del mismo, se le notifica que cualquier copia o distribucion de este se encuentra totalmente prohibida. Si usted ha recibido este mensaje por error, por favor notifique inmediatamente al remitente por este mismo medio y borre el mensaje de su sistema. Las opiniones que contenga este mensaje son exclusivas de su autor y no necesariamente representan la opinion oficial del Ministerio de Inclusion Economica y Social.
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