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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "consignment " (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)
- "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr. Daniel Pinto" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <<daniel.pinto@aliyun.com>>
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2022 00:00:24 +0100
Subject: Re: Treat as Urgent and Confidential
Good day to you,
My name is Daniel Pinto, Chief Executive Officer, Corporate Banking with JP Morgan Chase. New York.
I'm writing this message in connection with an abandoned inter-bank wire deposit from the Bank of Africa.
This amount is on your last name as the beneficiary name for the final fund and consignment release.
I will be pleased if you will work confidentially with me to have the said funds successfully remitted to your
bank account and afterward you can compensate me with 30%.
The diplomat depositor has vanished and we cannot get in contact with him and he has failed to present
himself to the bank after several emails and telephone calls to him to present the required certificate.
The bank management will confiscate these funds as unclaimed deposits. This is why I'm soliciting your
cooperation to stop it from happening and have the funds re-directed to your account.
I look forward to your response.
Best regards,
Daniel Pinto
Chief Executive Officer
Corporate Banking
JP Morgan Chase bank
+1 (516) 686-9224
Private E-mail
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