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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: "Mrs Yu. Ging Yunnan." <yugingyunnan@pickings9.com>
Reply-To: yunnanmrsyuging@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2023 18:54:01 +0000
Subject: hello dear
hello dear
I am Mrs Yu. Ging Yunnan, and i have Covid-19 and the doctor said I will
not survive it because all vaccines has been given to me but to no
avian, am a China woman but I base here in France because am married
here and I have no child for my late husband and now am a widow. My
reason of communicating you is that i have $9.2million USD which was
deposited in BNP Paribas Bank here in France by my late husband which
am the next of kin to and I want you to stand as the beneficiary for
the claim now that am about to end my race according to my doctor.I will
want you to use the fund to build an orphanage home in my name there in
country, please kindly reply to this message urgently if willing to
handle this project. God bless you and i wait your swift response asap.
Yours fairly friend,
Mrs Yu. Ging Yunnan.
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