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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: "HAM CARTER" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hamcarteroffice7@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 14:29:29 +0300
Subject: LETTER FROM YOUR BANK
ATTENTION BENEFICIARY:
CONTRACT FUND CREDIT FROM BANK OF AMERICA
We received the instructional letter to credit USD 5million to your account
We wish to let you know that all charges are waived for the success of this contract fund to be credited into your account.
Your response is required to enable us credit your account without any further delay and you are also required to get back to us with the reconfirmation of your banking particulars for us to know if what we have in file is correct and to avoid
crediting your fund to the wrong account.
Get back to us,
CONGRATULATION TO YOUR CONTRACT FUND.
Please be fast on this matter.
Thanks and God bless you.
Regards,
HAM CARTER
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