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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: "From Citibank Australia Head Office" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <olenashcherbakova07@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2022 10:54:37 -0700
Subject: Re International Accrued Interest Sum USD$2.9M Dollars
Citibank Australia Head Office
Address 2 Park Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Phone:61266505863
WhatsApp + 614-888-97382
Fax: +61 (02) 8225 5208.
International Accrued Interest Sum USD$2.9M Dollars
Attention: Beneficiary,
you have neglected your Accrued Interest Sum of US$2.9M Dollars from all your failed transactions, you cannot claim your principal amount as those your contacts told you. your payment file has been compromised by fraud syndicates, the only fund you can claim is the accrued interest. Your accrued interest is on my desk as the handling staff. you have every chance to receive your interest since your principal transaction has failed without success.
NB: Apply for your interest offered by the end of the year auditors and it will soon be deleted if the file keeps reading unclaimed. Our bank under my desk has been giving the international mandate to release accrued interest for every global transaction. The accrued interest originated from unpaid transactions of different kinds.
You will receive more clarification to this message upon your positive response.
sincerely,
Mr. James Schofield
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