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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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 "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- mrs.donna_horton@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr.Martins Buna" <vinodthakur2012@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs.donna_horton@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 09:21:02 -1200
Subject: I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me
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I wish to inform you that I concluded this transaction successful last
year with a lady in London and I am currently residing in London with
my family for project investment with the fund.
I dropped the (ATM VISAS CARD) with my secretary Mr.Donna Horton for
your compensation, by trying to assist me but it did not work out
between us .Ask him to send you the VISA CARD total of $2.50000.00
which i kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and
attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at
that time very much. So feel free and get in touched with my
secretary. Mrs Donna Horton and instruct him where to send the VISA
CARD to you value sum of
$2.50000.000.00.USD.
I did this out of sympathy for your efforts and I hope you will be
satisfied with my compensation I will advise you to contact him
immediately through his e-mail address:(mrs.donna_horton@yahoo.com )
for the delivery of the ATM to you. I hope you will have a nice life
with my token of compensation for your efforts and God bless you.
Now contact my secretary in Benin Republic.
His name: Mrs Donna Horton
His E-mail: mrs.donna_horton@yahoo.com
Contact him with your full information for easy delivery of your fund.
I am on business trip, so don't bother yourself to reply back and say
thanks because i won't have the chance to check my email for some
months
Regard,
Mr.Martins Buna
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