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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: "GOOD NEWS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <markzuckerberg77@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2022 14:46:35 -0800
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?W1NwYW0tTWFpbF0gRkFDRSBCT09LIE5PVElGSUNBVElPTg==?=
Váš E-MAILOVÝ ÚCET vyhral v prebiehajúcej financnej grantovej podpore pri pandémii Facebook Covid_19 vo výške pät miliónov amerických dolárov (5 000 000,00 USD). Císlo vášho tiketu je 00515 188 29877. Všetci úcastníci boli vybraní prostredníctvom pocítacového náhodného integrovaného systému vylosovaného z miliónov e-mailových adries cez internet a štastní výhercovia si nemusia kupovat žiadny tiket, aby sa mohli zúcastnit tohto programu Grantovej podpory. Pošlite svoje úplné údaje, ako je vaše meno: telefónne císlo: vek: pohlavie a adresa na spracovanie a vyplatenie vašej
Váš v službe,
Pán
Marc Andreessen
Prevádzkový riaditel grantu
Facebooku Inc.
Dotazy WhatsApp Telefón: císlo +1-7199633639
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