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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: Edward Morgan <eniveojadi6161@gmail.com>
Reply-To: edwardmorgan145@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2022 15:18:31 -0700
Subject: ATTENTION
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( Central Intelligence Agency )
Well I have been on an Investigation about your $10,700 million USD
Compensated funds from the Federal government for scam lost that was
needed to be delivered to you and one Mr John T Laborde ,said he is
your next of kin and He is about to claim your funds now and I heard
you have been scammed a lot by some scammers that even claim to be me
or even FBI or CIA office so my intentions of texting you today is to
tell you who is real or not because Scammers are everywhere claiming
to be me or fbi so am here to make sure you are free from scammers and
to tell you who is real or not because I don’t want you to get scammed
anymore okay
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