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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:
- "million pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- This email message is a next of kin scam.
Fraud email example:
From: "rlopez" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <posttinglinkw@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2023 07:39:09 -0700
Subject: Hello dear
My name is Glenn Hamberg, the personal attorney to the late Mr. Kurt Kahle. My late client(Kurt Kahle) is dead now. Before his death, he had a deposit of £18.6 Million Pounds with a bank. Kurt Kahle bank now expects a next of kin as beneficiary to come forward and claim his fund. Valuable efforts have been made by the bank management to get in touch with any of his family's but all efforts were in vain as he died with his entire family (his wife and only son Michael). His bank contacted me as their only known lawyer. The only name of next of kin of late Kurt Kahle is his only son that unfortunately died with him in the crashed flight. I'm taking this advantage in order to better my life and that of my family since there is no relation of my late client that can claim the fund and i do not want corrupt the bank officials to share the £18.6 Million among themselves as unclaimed fund.I now decided to seek your permission to have you stand as next of kin to late Kurt Kahle, so that the
£18.6 Million will be rel
Glenn Hamberg
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