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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.Brian Moynihan" <ubab2868@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bankofamericae97@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 23:04:33 +0100
Subject: ATTN: SEAN GREANEY
HELLO! DEAR! GOOD NEWS TO YOU,
Your details information has been received and confirmed with what we
have in our database Before we proceed to set up your Bank of America
Personal Residential Online Account, we want to bring to your notice
the simple procedure to achieve this aim with our bank under my
supervision.First and foremost the origin of funds has previously
advised in my initial e-mail was from the United Nation Organization
on unpaid payments from deposit funds from Africa, Asia
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