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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: "Tom Littlemore" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <scocee4@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2023 18:04:58 -0700
Subject: /URGENT REPLY NEED BY YOU FROM TOM LITTLEMORE/
Seeing this email message would be a surprise to you but kindly read it carefully and you will understand the reason why I am contacting you for this purpose. However, this correspondence should be treated very secrecy and confidential.
My Name is Tom Littlemore, We want to know if you are the one that ask Tommy Thomas to come and meet me in my office and he told me that you ask him to claim your fund value $8million Dollar so i want to know if you are the one that ask him to come and claim your fund value $8million Dollar on your behalf.
I want you to send us this information
Your Full Name
Address
Cell Phone Number
sex
age
I will be waiting to hear from you
Tom Littlemore
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