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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: "Eugene K. Miller" <ikwunnesamuel8@gmail.com>
Reply-To: citibankmanager474@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2022 07:11:58 -0800
Subject:
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my dear,how are you doing today as well as your family. First of all
my name is Mr. Eugene K. Miller from Citibank in Mississippi United
States of America. This is to notify you that your fund was deposited
here since last week by one stranded Agent from Africa called Mr.
Stanley Bello. And again, we are very sorry for the delay due to we
were busy throughout last week. Furthermore, this $15.3M was brought
on my desk to be transferred to your bank account since the agent has
been having problems with the Customs officers to move out to your
destination home address. And what we required from you now is your
account details for Bank to Bank money transfer and your available
number. Thank you very much for banking with Citibank of America.
Best Regards
Eugene K. Miller
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