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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: Mrs Patricia Mahoney <yusufsanifg@gmail.com>
Reply-To: patriciamahoney76@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2022 13:05:37 -0200
Subject: ATM CARD
This is Mrs. Patricia Mahoney Ambassador in Washington D.C United State,
You need to explain to me the reason why you have abandon your Compensation
ATM CARD worth $2.5m from the Government Because of the delivery fee which
is only 100 Dollar I'm contacting you Today because the director of the ATM
CARD center here in United State said that they will divert your ATM CARD
to the Government Treasury just because that you cannot pay for the
delivery fee of your ATM CARD which is 100 Dollar only according to them.
But I told them to wait until I hear from you today so that I will know the
reason why you rejected such amount of money 2.5m which will change your
life just because of 100 Dollar I discover that you have Spend so much
Money on this in the Past am very Sorry this is the End of your Sorrow
because you will receive your ATM Card worth$2.5m once you sent the
delivery fee which is only 100 dollar and that is the only fee you will
Pay Nothing More
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Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your full details.
1) FULL NAMES:
2) DELIVERY ADDRESS:
3) PHONE NUMBER/
4) COUNTRY:
Text me +1 802 560 5045
ATM CARD
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