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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: "Mr Frank Michael" <laurie@jctrees.com>
Reply-To: fm0349832@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 20:17:25 -0400
Subject:
Attention Beneficiary, this is to bring to your notice that
(UNITED NATIONS) has finalized all the investigation carried out
regarding your Fund worth of $10.5m .During the investigation we
noticed that your fund
has been with the United Nations for some months. You had suffered a
lot to get this fund but internet fraudsters keep on scamming you which
made you to lose a lot of your hard earned money.
Get back to me as soon a possible for more information about your fund
and the right office with your fund.
How do you wish to receive this fund,
ATM card....100$
Cash...150$
Bank draft ——150$
Bank Transfer...150$
Check..200$
You are to choose a way you want to receive your fund and reply back
to me along with your full address
Mind you,you have less than a week to claim this fund so you should
be fast about this to avoid the cancellation.
And you are to reconfirm your delivery address such as
YOUR _AIRPORT
YOUR_ID
YOUR_HOME ADDRESS
YOUR_PHONE NUMBER
YOUR_FULL NAME
Thanks you so much for reading our message and get back to us fast and
claim your funds.
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