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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: "Jon Welsome" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hansonjaison1@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 04:44:43 -0500
Subject: PLEASE RENDER ME YOUR HELP FOR MUTUAL-GOODNESS SAKE.
Dear Sir,
I am Jon Welsome; I represent a top government official of Ukraine in monetary-property acquisition and investment affaires in secret. The current Russia war on Ukraine necessitated certain rich personalities including my Boss to be searching for whom they could move out their funds and treasures out of Ukraine especially those funds deposited in finance and security deposit houses in and around Ukraine. I will explain more about this when you reply this mail with acceptance to my request. We need a trustworthy capable person to receive such funds through your account in secret as confidentially planned. You will be rewarded with 35% % of the total amount that will be deposited in your designated bank account, as long as you are willing to sincerely cooperate with us on what it takes for the transfer to be confidentially and earnestly done. Let me know if you are willing to work with us in this regard.
Regards, From Jon Welsome
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