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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: "Anderson andrew" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gavinkolnerm@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2022 21:20:03 +0800
Subject: Cryptocurrency
Attention:
This mail is originally from Diamond fx trader Inc, (A platform for Bitcoins and all other Crypto currency investment)
We are contacting you because one Mr Eric Ervin had an investment portfolio with us, which we managed well for him and his profit is overdue for withdrawal, we saw your name on his record with us as his next of kin, and we have been trying to reach you or anyone related to him by name to come for this withdrawal since we can't reach Mr Eric Ervin for a long time now and from our findings, we were told he died in an accident.
Kindly let us know if we are on to the right person and if you are available to receive his investment capital alongside with his overdue profits.
More details about the investment amount and profit made will be made known after full confirmation and verification of your identity.
We Hope to hear from you soon.
Sincerely
Faruk celik.
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