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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.
- 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.
- application.flinn@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: ABANC <zzansmith3@gmail.com>
Reply-To: amr19.ddlkh@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2022 18:15:05 +0100
Subject:
RE-VISITATION ON ABANDONED CLAIMS.
Sir,
After re-visitation of abandoned claims on various debts owed among
nations, Our bank has been selected among four other banks by the World
bank and IMF to pay beneficiaries which your email ID presented you in the
first batch of clients in the list.
Please inform us if you are direct fund owner, representative or relative
to fund owner because the email ID on the approval document is on this
email we send this notice now. Transfer to applicant is going to be based
on this your email here irrevocably as ordered by the international body
IMF and World bank respectively. The funds now is to be deposited with our
affiliate bank in Europe or Asia on your choice or your country.
THIS NOTICE HAS 7 BANK WORKING DAYS VALIDITY PERIOD.
KINDLY INDICATE YOUR FULL NAMES, ADDRESS AND PHONE TO REACH YOU AT NEED.
Send your reply to : EMAIL: application.flinn@gmail.com
Waiting for your response.
Regards
Mr. Wolfgang Keller(Foreign operations)
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