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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: Alma <support@wolverinegt.ca>
Reply-To: almamukaj68@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 07:44:02 +0000
Subject: Hello
Greetings to you, How are you doing over there in your country? I hope you are fine. I am Alma Mukaj from Ukraine, My mother and I want you to help us relocate from Ukraine to your country. Due to the on-going war in our country we've lost all our family members, left alone my aged mother and I.
We have enough money to buy a house over there and you will also help us to invest our family money in any good business of your choice that will bring us yearly or monthly income.
All we need is your help and assistance to help us proceed and move over there and you will be our only family because we do not know anyone over there and my mother never want to remain here in Ukraine because she always remember her late husband whom she lost due to this incident and now her kids and grandkids that she lost due to the bombardment, she is always heartbroken that is why we have decided to move. I will be waiting for your reply.
Thanks,
Alma and Mother.
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