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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: OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY <ikejimike4@gmail.com>
Reply-To: officeofthepresidencyng@mail.ee
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 12:27:50 +0100
Subject: RE: FROM OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY
Attn: Sir/Madam,
This is Office Of The Presidency. We are contacting you based on the
fact that the sum of USD$16.5M which as been approved by our office to
be paid to all contractors/inheritance payments. We want you to go
through this email and get back to us so that we will direct you to
the approved bank that is in charge of making this payment to you.
Note that we want to make all payments in this last quarter of the year.
Note also that after going through your file, if we confirm that there
is no fee for you to pay we will notify you, but if there is any fee
to be paid we will also let you know.
So we look forward to you confirming to us your full information such
as your full names, address, phone and any of your identification.
I wait to hear from you.
Suleh
For: The Presidency
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