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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: NICOLE PAT <artiyatirimholdings22@gmail.com>
Reply-To: nicole.pat1981@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 12:07:42 +0000
Subject: From Mr Matthais Michael
Hi
My name is Matthais Michael, the Director of Financial Security and Trust
Fund Builders, our company was contracted to release your Covid-19
Compensation p a y m e n t to you on behalf of the UNITED NATION (UN). Your
payment Release Code is: CNG/3480/04/00. The Total amount payable to you is
US$7.5 Million.
You are to reconfirm the following information to enable us determine that
we are dealing with the right beneficiary, also the receipt of your
information will facilitate the processing of your payment:
1 Full Name:
2 Residential address:
3 Age:
4 Occupation:
5 Direct telephone numbers:
After verification of your Information, you will be contacted with detailed
information of procedures for the immediate release of your payment to you
without any hitch whatsoever.
Send the requested information so we can proceed accordingly.
Regards
Mr. Matthais Michael
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