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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.
- 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.
- suntrustbkndepat@accountant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Elvis Albertony <lorrayolannestor@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mostadalphadecision@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 20:43:34 -0700
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Sie_wurden_ausgew=C3=A4hlt=2C_um_den_Lotteriepreis_zu_erha?=
=?UTF-8?Q?lten?=
Lieber E-Mail-Nutzer,
Bitte antworten Sie an: suntrustbkndepat@accountant.com
Heute wurde Ihre E-Mail-ID durch das Computerwahlsystem als Gewinner der
Lotterieergebnisse der Power Ball-Organisation ausgewählt (www.powerball.com
<https://deref-mail.com/mail/client/-gQRx-OY5Jc/dereferrer/?redirectUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.powerball.com>
).
Wir freuen uns, Ihnen das Ergebnis der letzten Ziehungen der Power Ball
Organization Lottery 2022 mitteilen zu können. Ihre E-Mail-Adresse hat
1.500.000,00 US-Dollar (eine Million fünfhunderttausend Dollar) in
Barguthabendatei Ref: 2022TC Rands gewonnen. Bitte wenden Sie sich an den
autorisierten Vertreter Ihr Anspruch.
Schadenzahlungseinheit: MISS. LUCIA Tel: 0732514439
Website: www.powerball.com
<https://deref-mail.com/mail/client/84zcUTP1uqQ/dereferrer/?redirectUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fderef-mail.com%2Fmail%2Fclient%2F1GeRphy2t8M%2Fdereferrer%2F%3FredirectUrl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.powerball.com%252F>
E-mail : suntrustbkndepat@accountant.com
MIT IHREN ANGABEN
1. VOLLSTÄNDIGE NAMEN:
2. ADRESSE:
3. GESCHLECHT:
4. TELEFON-/MOBILNUMMER:
5. BERUF:
6. ID-NR:
Ihr Vertreter übermittelt Ihre Informationen an die autorisierte Zahlbank
in den Vereinigten Staaten und Sie werden kontaktiert, um weitere
Einzelheiten zur Beanspruchung Ihres Preises zu erfahren.
Vielen Dank und nochmals unsere Glückwünsche!
Hochachtungsvoll,
Elvis Albertony
Promo-Benachrichtigungsbeauftragter.
Power Ball/Lotterie-Koordinator
Bitte antworten Sie an: suntrustbkndepat@accountant.com
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