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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: "MR. O Neill" <oscar@thori-aamot.no>
Reply-To: ofile1817@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2022 12:38:59 -0800
Subject: RE: FBI SCAM NOTIFICATION
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Sorry for my late intervention to you. I’m MR. O Neill Agent of the
Federal Bureau Office. I have Decided to contact you Concerning the
result of my Investigations .
I found out that you have paid much fees just to receive funds still yet
nothing comes out from all those so called Agents but they keep on
coming up with more fees.
So stop all conversations you had with all this so called agents none of
them is real rather they will still be coming up with more bogus stories
for them to be stealing your hard earn money.
Kindly do contact me back to enable me give you more details on this.
I will not really disclose my information, but will definitely do once i
hear back from you
Home address:.....
Office Address:.....
Zip code ............
Direct Phone Number:.....
Occupation:.....
A copy of your international passport or national ID:.....
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