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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million us 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.
- 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.
- officefill09091@seznam.cz (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Kristalina Georgieva <chineduobiorah60@gmail.com>
Reply-To: officefill09091@seznam.cz
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2021 16:28:51 +0100
Subject: IMF SCAMMED VICTIMS COMPENSATION FUNDS
IMF SCAMMED VICTIMS COMPENSATION FUNDS
Greetings to you
This is to inform you that the International Monetary Fund IMF and
United Nations UN
is compensating all the scammed victims $15.5 million US dollars
Your name and email address was mention to the United State Secret
Service by one of the
scammers who was arrested
Meanwhile this compensation department has been mandated by the IMF
and the United Nations
to transfer your compensation funds to you through Online Transfer
payment which is 100 % guarantee
for payment to you as one of the scammed victim.failure to reply back
in the next 24hrs,
simply means what Rev Patrick Larry said today was right that you are dead.
As he was trying to claim your compensation fund worth sum of $2.5
million u.s. dollar
Below is information needed from you
full Name:______
Phone:_________
Address: ________
Occupation:__________
Country --------------
age -------------
and your nominated bank account where you want your funds to be
transferred to you .
So if you are still alive you are advice in your own best interest to reply back
immediately with your full details stated above for fund transfer.
Email;officefill09091@seznam.cz
Yours sincerely,
Kristalina Georgieva
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