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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.
- john.white65259@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: capt john white <johnwt@edesur.com.do>
Reply-To: <john.white65259@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2021 07:06:50 -0700
Subject: [SPAM][SPAM] I have a proposal for you
My name is John White and I am among American troops currently deployed in Syria, my rank is a captain.
the reason for contacting you through your email is that I have a proposal for you and I got your email address when I was seeking on the internet to see if I can find someone I can share this with and come across your email address which I believe is still valid.
I urgently need to safeguard some amount of money I have here in my possession which is worth the sum of eight million one hundred fifty thousand US Dollars ($8,150,000 US dollars).
I came across this cash while on operation three days ago, as we were on the massive attack against the ISIS terrorist group and nobody else knows that I have this money here with me because I still hide it somewhere.
my colleagues here did not know about this money because I hide it out of other items that were confiscated from the ISIS terrorist group hideout.
I deemed it necessary to look out for somebody that will keep this money for me until I complete my duty here in about 11 months' time, I want to know if you are willing to do that and I am going to share this money 50/50 with you.
I am still an active soldier and I personally did not want anyone to know about this and my plans of moving this money to you will be through a delivery cargo company that delivers food and medicine here.
I am going to reply back to you tomorrow or next tomorrow if you agree with my proposal.
note that my only means of communication here is through email communication
you are to email me back AT ( john.white65259@yahoo.com)
Thanks,
John White
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