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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:
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "firstbak002@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: FIRST BANK Nigeria plc <officefilepayment31@gmail.com>
Reply-To: firstbak002@outlook.com
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2023 14:59:56 -0800
Subject: your $10.5 million fund
FIRST BANK Nigeria plc
House 35 Marina
P.O. Box 5216,
Lagos, Nigeria.
Email: firstbak002@outlook.com
Attention:Beneficiary
TRANSFER OF 10.5 MILLION
This is officially notified you that your awaited fund worth of $10.5
million has been approved by our federal government to release to
transfer to your account. Before we proceed, we will like you to send
your information as stated below to enable us start the preparation of
your transfer.
Your bank name:
Your bank address:
Your account number:
Your swift code:
Your beneficiary's name:
Your current telephone numbers
Your valid ID card
we look forward to receive the above information
Thanks
Adesola Kazeem Adeduntan
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