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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.Christopher Cook" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <firstfederalsavingsbank@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2023 08:08:50 -0700
Subject: Unclaimed Donation Funds
Welcome to desk of Mr.Christopher Cook the new acting FFSB
Online Banking manager and Chief Financial Officer, I have
been calling your Mobile Number but to no avail until I
found out that the number is not complete. We setup the
online account on your name last year waited for you to
comply but we find out that some internet hack were trying
to transfer $10 million out from your online account to
unknown account in china with hide IP address So our
banking security block them and deactivate the login access
for security purpose.
Did you ask anyone to transfer the fund to someone in
china? Please Kindly get back to us if your still
interested to receive your total fund in our Bank by
reconfirm the follow details.
Full name:
Address:
Mobile Number:
Once we received the require info Then we shall inform you
the needs from you to access the account and begin
transferring the fund into your personal account.
Regards
Mr.Christopher Cook
Call or Chat at +1 208 202-5025
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