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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: James Clymer <mrh1014t@gmail.com>
Reply-To: officie16m@daum.net
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 20:48:09 +0100
Subject: Solidarity Response Fund
Attention
This is to inform you officially that your email address was short listed
by the IMF/World Bank Compensation Award Committee and COVID19 Solidarity
Response Fund Commission, in collaboration with the World Health
Organization through the United Nations setup to compensate the entire
victims of scam/fraud and for those who lost their properties/businesses
during the crisis.
However, it was agreed by the commission to compensate you with the sum of
US$1,700,000:00 in other to boost your standard of living.
You are hereby advice to send the following information below for further
proceedings. Send to Email: officie13m@daum.net
1. Full Name:
2. Home address:
3. Direct/personal cell number
4. A copy of any governmental issued identification
5. Your occupation
Note that all necessary procedures will be legally followed. What is
required from you to redeem your fund settlement/Compensation is to procure
your Approval of Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your payment method.
I look forward to receiving your urgent response.
Yours truly,
Mr. James Clymer
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