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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
- They don't notify winners by email.
- You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
- They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
- They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
- They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
- They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
- They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
- 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.
- adamsmiller527@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: Adams Miller <support@dev-ig.fr>
Reply-To: adamsmiller527@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2022 04:42:43 +0000
Subject: Congratulation !!
Attn: Sir/Madam,
This is to inform you that you have won GBP 500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds Sterling). For the Promotion which was organized by Energy Development Limited London United Kingdom.
Energy Development collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to other E-mail Providers. Seven peoples are selected this month to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.
Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. Energy Development Prize Award must be claimed not later than 14 days from date of Draw Notification. Any Prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited. Reference: EAASL/22OY1/22.
Contact Mr. Adams Miller in our Branch office in California for your claim and please make sure you send the below details to them:
Name: Mr. Adams Miller.
Phone: 1 916 577-6101.
E-mail: adamsmiller527@gmail.com
1. Full Name:
2. Country of Origin:
3. Receiving Address:
4. Direct Telephone Number:
5. Occupation:
6. Age:
Congratulations!! Once again.
Yours in service,
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