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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: Elisha Bailey <elisha@coosymonk.tech>
Reply-To: elishabailey563@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 10 May 2022 21:51:16 +0530
Subject: Re: Design Your Website At Affordable Price.
Hi, Are you looking for a designer or developer to help bring new ideas to life or take existing work to new and exciting places? I genuinely love what I do and have successfully delivered work across a vast range of project types Such as:- - Websites Design & Development - Re-design or customize your old one - E-commerce Solutions Please feel free to contact us or share your requirements or reference website and we will be happy to help you with any query/ requirements you may have.
Thank you and I look forward to speaking to you,
Kind Regards, Elisha Bailey Note: - If you are not interested. Please reply back "REMOVE" in the subject line.
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