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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: "Mrs. Lee Maureen" <mremilyalison526@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs94858572@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 14:40:10 +0100
Subject: GET BACK TO ME ASAP.
Nice meeting you here and I hope this email finds you well;
i am Mrs. Lee Maureen , head of admin and
public relation officer of Industrial and UNITED BANK LIMITED
This is to notify you that your name/email was selected among the two
beneficiaries that Industrial and UNITED BANK LIMITED is
compensating with USD2Million each. This compensation is to help
individuals that lost their Job/works to convid-19.
(1) Full Name
(2) Home or Office Address
(3) Your Mobile/Landline.
And also include your transaction code number which is ( 57HYH)
Without this code you will not be attended to.
Best Regards
Mrs. Lee Maureen
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