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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- alphapartnersleasing@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Vicente <efrank.broker44@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <efrank.broker@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2024 06:54:26 -0800
Subject: APPLY FOR YOUR LOANS PROJECT FUNDING,
We are offering Loan/Investment funds to Companies and Individuals with profitable projects in any area of specialization at 3% interest rate APR for a duration of 2 to 20 years with a year grace period.
Our Loan offer is between USD$10M to USD$10B loan for business owners. Our lenders or investors are well vetted according to European Union financial institutions. Let us know if you are interested.
You can contact our loan provider immediately with the following email address: alphapartnersleasing@hotmail.com
CONTACT PERSON: Mr. S. Banerjee
Facilitator
ReplyEmail-To: alphapartnersleasing@hotmail.com
Vicente
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Note:
This message is intended only for the use of the person(s)
to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is
privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are
not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any use,
review, disclosure or copying of this message and the information
it contains is prohibited. If you receive the message in error,
please notify the sender by replying the e-mail and discard all
its contents. BANK RAKYAT will not be liable
for the security of any information electronically transmitted.
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