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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million us dollars" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- 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.
- mailaminamohammed92@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Ms.AMINA MOHAMMED" <ballorobinho20@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mailaminamohammed92@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2022 11:42:01 +1300
Subject: SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATION
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To your urgent Attention
This is to official inform you that the meeting we have been having
with Mr. David R. Malpass,The World Bank President which includes all
the current serving Presidents of Seven continents for the past Three
(3) Weeks finally ended two days
ago and the issue discussed on the Congress was on how to Disburse and
Compensate all the Scam Victims out of the total sum of
$116,000,000.00 (One Hundred and Sixteen Million US Dollars) that was
so far RECOVERED from the arrested Fraudsters in Africa.
We are contacting you following the reports we received from Special
Anti-Fraud International Monitoring Group which submitted your
Name/email to us and you have been allocated with a sum of
US$2,000,000.00 (Two Million US Dollars only) as
your Compensation.You are therefore advised to contact our
Representative Agent in Africa. Ms.AMINA MOHAMMED who is in position
to release your Compensation to you with the email below:
Contact Name: Ms.AMINA MOHAMMED
Email Address: mailaminamohammed92@gmail.com
Yours Sincerely,
Deputy Secretary-General
UNITED NATION
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