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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: Mrs.Beal Paulette <admin@topglow.com>
Reply-To: <fbipayment600@citromail.hu>
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2021 08:50:16 +0200
Subject: Re.Important Message.
A Series of meetings have been held over the past 7 months with the secretary general of the United Nations Organization. This ended 3 days ago. It is obvious that you have not received your funds which is to the tune of $22.5million due to past corrupt Government Officials who almost held the funds to themselves, for more information we will advise you to forward us your below details.
Your full Name..
Your Address:..............
Home/Cell Phone:..............
>***************** Email Confidentiality Notice *****************
本信件可能包含崇皓貿易機密資訊，非指定之收件者，請勿使用或揭露本信件內容，並請立即通知寄件者且銷毀此信件。
This electronic message and any attachments are confidential and may be legally privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure.
If you are not the intended recipient, please do not disclose the contents to anyone, and immediately:
notify the sender by e-mail; delete the message and any attachments from your computer system; and destroy all hard copies.
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