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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: "Dr.Johnson Martins." <mrsngoziokojoiwu2020@gmail.com>
Reply-To: martinsjohnson728@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2021 18:26:41 +0100
Subject: SEE YOUR ATM CARD/POS IS READY FOR THE LAST QUATER YEAR .
Attn: Beneficiary
Your urgent attention is required over your outstanding ATM CARD /
POS, This is to let you know that your Unclaimed approved ATM CARD /
POS is ready for transship to you but due to alot of people making
claims as we are paying the third phase of this fiscal third quarter
year 2021 and your own is approved for payment so we are afraid to
release this card to anyone . Do get back to us immediately with your
details and phone numbers so that we can forward you details on how to
receive this CARD and access your funds with the POS attached .
Thanks for your understanding.
Kind regards
Dr. Johnson Martins.
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