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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 fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
- They don't notify winners by email.
- You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
- They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
- They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
- They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
- They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
- They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
- 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.
- johnsonterry@representative.com (Representative; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: FROM THE UK LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION<thomasonwilcox095@gmail.com>
Reply-To: FROM THE UK LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTION<terryjohnson908@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2022 03:11:58 -0800
Subject: YOU ARE A LUCKY WINNER.
2022 UK LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION
28 CROYDON ROAD LONDON =
Reference Number UK010105
Batch:1051/06 =
You are one of the Lotteries winning Prize. =
Your email address has been selected as one of the UK lottery winning priz=
e of =A32,500.000.00 GBP. =
We ask that you keep your winning prize information Confidential your refe=
rence number and batch number until your claim has been proceed and your fu=
nd are been paid out to you in order to avoid double claim with someone els=
e. =
Kindly contact Mr. Terry Johnson for the claim of your winning prize fund =
with below email address.
Email: johnsonterry@representative.com
Best regards.
Thomason Wilcox
Mr. Terry Johnson our Representative Payment and fund claims Department. =
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Disclaimer:The information contained in this electronic message and any at=
tachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the address=
ee(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential, or privileged information.=
If you are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distrib=
ute, or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy =
all copies of this message and any attachments.
WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient shou=
ld check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The co=
mpany accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted b=
y this email.
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