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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 "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
- 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.
- jamesbill5533@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: JOE GODWIN <gowanmor5@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jamesbill5533@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 12:39:46 -0700
Subject: Greeting
Greeting
I am happy to inform you about my success in getting those fund
transferred under the help of my new partner from Israel. Presently
I'm in Israel for investment projects with my own share of the fund.
meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and all the attempts you
made to assist me despite that it failed us some how.
Now, I want you to contact my secretary for your ATM card which I kept
for your compensation for your past effort to assist me, his name is
-JAMES---BILL----- in Benin Republic email address: {
jamesbill5533@gmail.com} ask him to send you the ATM card valued $2.4
Million USD which I kept for your compensation for all your past
efforts and attempts you made to assist me in the past transfer. I
appreciated your efforts at that time very much.
so feel free and get in touched with my secretary JAMES BILL and
instruct him where to send the ATM card to you, do tell me know once
you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the suffering
at that time.
Regards,
BANK DIRECTOR JOE GODWIN
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