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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.Veronica Ann Muller" <verronica.muller@gmail.com>
Reply-To: a.verronicamuller@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2021 08:56:48 +0100
Subject: Greeting
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Greeting from me Mrs Veronica Ann Muller 68 years old woman suffering
from prolonged deadly cancer of the breast, from all
medical indications my condition has really deteriorated and it's
obvious that I may not live for more than six months owing
to the rapid growth and pain that accrues to it.
I want to put in your care nine hundred and ninety seven thousand euro
and some property for a charity project to help in
taking care of less privileged widows and orphanage children in
refugees camps and on the streets, the money is an
inheritance from my late faithful husband Mr.Filipovic Muller who died
in a car accident in Abu Dhabi on a business trip to
United ArabEmirates three year ago.
I will waiting for your email so to provide you with more details on
how to proceed and send you some money because I believe
this transaction will require money to set up a new account in your country.
Yours faithfully
Mrs.Veronica Ann Muller
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