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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: "Anna S. William" <mkategrand1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: anwilliam152@citromail.hu
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 12:30:49 +0100
Subject: Good Morning ,
Good Morning ,
I know that you will be surprised to receive this mail from me today.
My name is Anna S. William, This letter is highly privileged and it
requires your immediate attention because we lost one of our Bank
customer who happens to be from your country also has the same family
name as you and he had a fixed-term Deposit worth of $4.7 Million with
our Bank before his death.
Given to your nationality with our late Customer Rayan, I know you
may not actually be in any way related to him but for you sharing the
same name with him will make it easy to get the funds to your name and
both of us will divide the funds 50% 50% once the money is transferred
into your account.
I look forward to your immediate response.
Kind Regards,
Anna S. William
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ØµØ¨Ø§Ø Ø§Ù„Ø®ÙŠØ± ØŒ
أعلم أنك ستÙاجأ باستلام هذا البريد مني اليوم. اسمي آنا س. ويليام ØŒ هذا
الخطاب مميز للغاية ويتطلب اهتمامك الÙوري لأننا Ùقدنا Ø£Øد عملاء البنك
لدينا والذي صاد٠أنه من بلدك ÙŠØمل أيضًا Ù†Ùس اسم العائلة مثلك وكان لديه
وديعة Ù…Øددة المدة بقيمة 4.7 مليون دولار مع مصرÙنا قبل ÙˆÙاته.
نظرًا لجنسيتك مع عميلنا الراØÙ„ ريان ØŒ أعلم أنك قد لا تكون مرتبطًا به
بأي شكل من الأشكال ØŒ ولكن بالنسبة لك ØŒ Ùإن مشاركة Ù†Ùس الاسم معه ستجعل
من السهل الØصول على الأموال باسمك وسيقوم كلانا بتقسيم الأموال 50Ùª 50Ùª
بمجرد تØويل الأموال إلى Øسابك.
إنني أتطلع إلى ردكم الÙوري.
أطيب التØيات،
آنا س.ويليام
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