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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 Leonare Townsend <gracemark796@gmail.com>
Reply-To: leonare.townsend@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2021 15:05:50 +0200
Subject: Mrs Leonare Townsend
Hello, It will be my pleasure to know more about you, I am Mrs Leonare
Townsend, A citizen of Estonia. I am contacting you through this method as
we have never seen or met each other before and I am hopefully to receive
your response soon as to donate the sum of $4.5 Million USD dollars for
humanitarian and charity projects which is my last wish as i do not have
long time to live on this earth.
I am waiting for your soonest reply to knowing more about you and how I can
trust to confide in you, More details about me and this divine project will
be revealed to you when I am able to receive your sincere acknowledgement
of my message.
Sincerely,
Mrs Leonare Townsend
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