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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: "Lillian Hodge" <@girl.com@mayurisobti.com>
Reply-To: bankncba35@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 16:07:02 -0400
Subject: ATTENTION DEAR BENEFICIARY
GREETINGS TO YOU
This message is coming to you from NCBA BANK in the address=
(Ncba Reserve Limited
United States OFFICE HOURS
Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 5pm Online 24 hours ) and we here by today
dated 04/07/2023 to inform you that there is an certified ATM CARD from
NCBA Bank registered to our officer here by Monday morning from Lilian
hodge from United States and according to him the West African
compensation Union in conjunction with United Nation Union is compensating
all the scam victims and your email address was found in the scam victim's
list and due to too much fraud in Africa they couldn't offer the money to
you directly from African, so they now decided to pay you by certified atm
card valued sum of $11,000.000.00 USD will easily and safely deposit into
your atm bank account through NCBA to avoid any fraudulent issues again so
all you needs to do now is to contact with your information such as
Your Full Name:
Your Address:
Your PO Box Number:
Your Direct Telephone number:
country:
And we obtain your file immediately and then you create your online
banking account with the bank through website.
Thank you and we promise to serve you better as a good citizen of your
country.
Best Regards
Lillian Hodge
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