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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: Faith Abraham <paolodaw@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dw095958@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2022 21:06:58 +0100
Subject: HI
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My Dear.
I know you will be surprise to receive this message as we don`t know
each other before. But permit me to introduce myself. I am Mrs. Faith
Abraham working as an accountant in the Ukraine Ministry of Defense. I
contacted you for assistance in establishing an investment partnership
with you in building real estate or other profitable investments in
your country. There is these huge amount USD20.5M (Twenty Million Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars) I deposited in a storage firm I want to
invest in your country or in any other safe country. I await your
reply soon for more details.
Please keep it to your-self even if you are not interested.
Kind regards
Faith Abraham
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