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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: "Frank Cole" <framm76@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: miss.zahrahusame@vp.pl
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 04:55:48 -0500
Subject: Re: Can I trust you?
Good day,
I am Frank Cole, a financial consultant based in London, United Kingdom and am contacting you on the instruction of my client: Mrs. Elena Aleksandrovna Georgieva from Russia. My client is among five (5) individuals that stand to lose their investment in the United Kingdom because of the recent sanction by the British Government due to the Russian government's attack on Ukraine.
We urgently need a serious and reliable investor that can receive USD$50M to USD$500M urgently. Get back to me if you are interested as my client is ready to offer you 20% to be shared between you our insider – bank officer assisting us.
Let me have your whatsapp number for fast communication
Urgent reply needed.
Kind regards
Frank Cole
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