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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. Donald Spilsbury" <info@maharani-restaurant.com>
Reply-To: douglas_spilsbury001@naver.com
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 22:43:53 -0700
Subject: Good News!
Good Day
One of the responsibilities of the ECB is to ensure customers get absolute satisfaction when dealing with any Financial Institution under the ECB jurisdiction. Please accept our apologies for the delay in our response to you; this is due to the high number of reviews we receive every day.
We would like to inform you that, within the Single Supervisory Mechanism, the ECB is exclusively responsible for specific tasks related to the prudential supervision of credit institutions. This means that it aims to detect risks to banks' viability in order to ensure the safety and soundness of the European banking system and to enhance financial integration and stability. Our supervisory responsibilities include intervening in the relations between credit institutions and their customer if the need arises.
You have a pending fund which remains in a dormant state in our system. We wish to give you your fund without any further delay in the next coming days.
Yours sincerely,
Mr. Donald Spilsbury
Public Communication.
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