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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- 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.
- mrbenedwardjr44@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr. Ben Edward Jr" <mezmalas@sveiks.lv>
Reply-To: mrbenedwardjr44@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2022 09:02:43 +0200
Subject: Your Cash Payment
We are here to inform you that your total Inheritance Payment of
$7.8Million USD that you have been waiting for so many year is here in our
office and if you wish to receive your total funds in cash, please email
me as soon as possible with your full contact details so that you will
receive your funds in cash to your home address with out any more delays
and I will be expecting you to get back to me ASAP.
This cash was brought to us this yesterday by the cash payment office
BENIN REPUBLIC, please reconfirm the below information to avoid delivery
of your cash to wrong hand.
Full names............
Parcel owner address......
Country/State........
Occupation...........
Passport/Driving License
Tel...........
We will register your cash payment and send you some document's that back
up the delivery before we proceed for safety delivery of your package as
soon as you reconfirm the required information for safety delivery.
Mr. Ben Edward Jr
Director Cash Payment Office
Cell Phone: +229-902-10155
Email:mrbenedwardjr44@gmail.com
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