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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Marry larry <larrymarry057@gmail.com>
Reply-To: wraychristopher570@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2021 09:28:48 +0100
Subject: Attention,
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This is Dr. Christopher A. Wray The current Director of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I) who assumed the role after being
confirmed by the U.S. Senate, taking over from acting Director Andrew
McCabe after the dismissal of former Director James Comey by President
Donald Trump.
And am getting in touch with you now in order to fulfilled the roles
and obligations that the former Director James Comey was unable to
fulfilled and it is all about your compensation Funds from West Africa
that worth the sum of $10.5 Million United States Dollars (Ten Million
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) that was brought in this
office by the United States Homeland Security formal Secretary Dr.
John F. Kelly and he hand the Funds of $10.5 Million United States
Dollars to the former Director James Comey to final get the Funds to
you the owner.
But unfortunately he failed to get the Funds to you and he wanted to
have the Funds to himself or send it to his relations and that is why
you haven,t gotten your Funds for a long time now but dealing with
wrong and fake officials and this bad attitude of the former Director
Dr. James Comey was the main reason that the President Donald Trump
dismissed him from the office and you are lucky that i still meet the
Funds at the office with your information on it and all you have to do
now is you to reconfirm your information to me and i will verify if it
is the same with your info placed on the boxes of the compensation
Funds of $10.5 Million United States Dollars to avoid sending the
Funds to someone else.
BELOW ARE WHAT I NEEDED FROM YOU ONCE YOU GET THIS MESSAGE IN ORDER TO
VERIFY WITH THE INFO THAT WAS
PLACED ON THE BOXES OF THE FUNDS.
your email address..........
YOUR FULL NAME....................
YOUR POSTAL/HOME ADDRESS..........
YOUR SEX..........................
YOUR COUNTRY......................
YOUR PHONE NUMBE
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