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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: "Mrs.Rosmary Rio" <richarddoll1954@gmail.com>
Reply-To: riomary74@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 13:54:09 -0700
Subject: Greetings to you
Hello
I am Mrs.Rosmary Rio LACAIXA BANK ESPAA Foreign payment directorI saw
a file in respect of your Fund amounting the sum of US10.5 Million
United Stated Dollars. After going through the file i discovered that
you abandoned your fund here in the process of transfer to your bank
account due to demands from banks and other financial institution.
I write to know the reason why you choose to abandon your fund here
because it is my first point of action to offset every payment that is
pending in the LACAIXA BANK ESPAA transfer statutory disc. I assure
you that the LACAIXA BANK ESPAA Management and the World Banking
financial regulatory authorities will look into your matter properly
and process your fund transfer to you as soon as you indicate your
interest in receiving your approved fund.
Get back to us immediately via email so that we can know how to look
into your matter urgently and make sure you receive your fund
immediately without any delay. Meanwhile for security reasons you have
to fill out below information so that we will know who we are dealing
with
1. Full Names: 2. Residential Address: 3. Mobile Number: 4.Occupation:
5. Sex: 6. Date Of Birth: 7. Your legal identification such as
international passport copy or Drivers license or any form of official
I D card bearing your name Also fill out bank data as following which
you want to use receive your funds
Once we receive listed details from you then we will proceed on your
transaction as soon as possible Thanks for banking with LACAIXA BANK
ESPAA
while we looking forward to serving you with the best of our service.
From LACAIXA BANK Spain
Sincerely
Mrs.Rosmary Rio.
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