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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: "Thomas Lenny" <adil@evergreen.al>
Reply-To: thomlenny321@gmx.com
Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 15:11:28 -0700
Subject: INVITATION
I am Mr. Thomas Lenny, I am a banker with the position of the auditing Manager with the HSBC Bank (Turkey). I want to invite you to handle this business(partnership) because I will be going on retirement soon. Please there is an abandoned sum of ($11.600.000.00 USD ) which I want to transfer into a foreign account before I step down from this position by the end of August 2022.
If you are interested to assist me receive this fund let me know and I will tell you more detail about the transaction.
waiting for your reply as soon as possible.
Mr. Thomas Lenny.
The Auditing Manager
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