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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united states 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 fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
- They don't notify winners by email.
- You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
- They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
- They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
- They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
- They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
- They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
Fraud email example:
From: "ASIA SDN. BHD" <comunicacion@bicisport.bike>
Reply-To: 2022.a.s.ia.s.dnbhd@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2022 23:43:55 +0700
Subject: PAYMENT
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ASIA SDN. BHD.
Association Of Asia freelotto Charity Donations
is giving out a yearly donation of One Hundred
Million United States Dollars as specific Donations/
Grants to 50 lucky international recipients worldwide.
This is to inform you that your Email address have won a prize
money of Two Million United States Dollars, ($2,000,000.00)
as one of the final recipients of a Cash Grant/Donation for your own
personal, education and business development for this year 2022 Payment.
____________________________________________________
These are your identification numbers:
Batch number.....................A%(0001Z)777SIA
Reff number.......................YHUF.AWYS
Winning number...................741111661W7
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(CONTACT THE PAYMENT REMITTANCE DIRECTOR.)
Name:Dr Tan Ajita Jim
Remittance Director
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