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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.
- 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.
- jm1488059@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: "John Mark" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jm1488059@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2023 04:40:29 -0800
Subject: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Attn: Beneficiary.
Have you been Scammed before if YES please contact us for more investigation.
You have been dictated by our monitoring system for making fraudulent
and illegal transactions over internet with so many impostors. You are
now instructed to stop every further correspondence with the
person(s), failure to do so will lead to further jeopardy with the
release of your approved lottery inheritance compensation funds.
Therefore, we advice that you send to us every emails you receive from
them regarding your pending payment, to enable us confirm it's
authentication and guide you accordingly to facilitate your payment.
Contact Email: jm1488059@gmail.com
Contact phone number: +1 (201) 649 8132
Cyber Crime — FBI https://www.fbi.gov
Your urgent feed back is needed within 48hours to help our
verification team authenticate and validate your payment for immediate
release to you without any breach of the law.
You are advised to reconfirm the below information for proper
verification and validation of your payment claims document to
facilitate the immediate release of your funds.
Your Full Names:
Current Address:
Direct Phone Number:
Occupation:
Date of Birth:
I'D Card:
Anticipating your urgent response today.
Yours faithfully.
FBI Agent, John Mark.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535
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