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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: " MS PEGGY CHAN" <denisa.ogurcakova@firma.seznam.cz>
Reply-To: <peggychani@gmx.us>
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 12:42:57 -0600
Subject: MY LAST EMAIL
Did you get my last email about a profitable business ? Please reply if you are interested to know more details.
Je dobré vÄ›dÄ›t, že tento e-mail a pÅ™Ãlohy jsou důvÄ›rné. Pokud spolu jednáme o uzavÅ™enà obchodu, vyhrazujeme si právo naÅ¡e jednánà kdykoli ukonÄit. Pro fanouÅ¡ky právnà mluvy - vyluÄujeme tÃm ustanovenà obÄanského zákonÃku o pÅ™edsmluvnà odpovÄ›dnosti. Pravidla o tom, kdo u nás a jak vystupuje za spoleÄnost a kdo může co a jak podepsat naleznete zde<https://onas.seznam.cz/cz/podpisovy-rad-cz.html>
Pro sjednanou objednávku jsou závazné Obchodnà podmÃnky, které naleznete: zde<https://www.seznam.cz/reklama/cz/obsahovy-web/obchodni-podminky/>
You should know that this e-mail and its attachments are confidential. If we are negotiating on the conclusion of a transaction, we reserve the right to terminate the negotiations at any time. For fans of legalese—we hereby exclude the provisions of the Civil Code on pre-contractual liability. The rules about who and how may act for the company and what are the signing procedures can be found here<https://onas.seznam.cz/cz/podpisovy-rad-cz.html>.
The Business Terms and Conditions are binding for the agreed order can be found here<https://www.seznam.cz/reklama/cz/obsahovy-web/obchodni-podminky/>.
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