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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united state dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "agent.ericrobbert@aliyun.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
- They don't notify winners by email.
- You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
- They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
- They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
- They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
- They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
- They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
Fraud email example:
From: Microsoft National Lottery.
Reply-To: <agent.ericrobbert@aliyun.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 11:12:31 -0700
Subject: Congratulations!
Attention: Lucky Winner!
We want to notify you that a world-wide draw was carefully carried out this week through an electronic random selection of email addresses from the internet database of email users in this year Microsoft National Lottery Program Award 2024 and your email address has been awarded the sum of $1.5 Million United State Dollars as one of the lucky winners which you will receive in the form of ATM card cashable in any ATM machine in the world.
Your file reference number: MSW-L/2021-28733
Batch number: 40510
The Microsoft National Lottery Program is aimed at contributing financially to people's welfare globally and we are here to use our diverse heritage to change lives, sustain and transform individuals all over the world.
For claim kindly contact agent with the name and email address below, fill and send to him the information as listed below for immediate delivery of your ATM card to your home address.
Name: Mr.Eric Robert
Email: agent.ericrobbert@aliyun.com
1. FULL NAMES:-------------------
2. CONTACT ADDRESS:--------------
3. MOBILE PHONE NUMBERS:---------
4. COUNTRY:----------------------
5. SEX:--------------------------
6. OCCUPATION:-------------------
7. FILE REFERENCE NO:------------
8. BATCH NO:---------------------
Congratulations Once More!!!
NOTE: Please if you found this message in your spam/junk folder it could be due to the restrictions implemented by your internet service provider, please move the message to your inbox before you reply.
Yours Faithfully,
Dr.Satya Nadella
(Chief Coordinator)
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