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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.
- centerpayment999@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Dr Mark Dinish" <dinish@worldbank.com>
Reply-To: centeregoyibo@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 05:47:23 -0800
Subject: Pay Attention to Message Below,
Pay Attention to Message Below,
This is to officially inform you for the last time of your payment of $20.5 million USD which was approved since last month
but has not been released to you due to your uncooperative attitudes.We recently got an email from someone saying that you
are dead and that he is your direct next of kin and requested that your funds should be released to him. We are in doubt of
his identity or relationship with you so we write to confirm if you are dead or not. If you fail to respond to this email
within one week it is assumed that you are dead as the claimant said.
For clarity, your funds ($20.5 Million USD) is in us bank once we confirm that you are alive it would be released to you
through ATM CARD OR CASH CHECK OR ONLINE BANKING within 72 hours.Contact me by email ( centerpayment999@gmail.com ) for more details.
we need your complete information below if you still alive
Account Number:..........
Account Holder:..........
Holder's Address:........
Holder's Date Of Birth:..
State....................
Nationality..............
Next Of Kin .............
your email...............
your Address.............
your direct call phone...
yourAge..................
copy of your Id..........
Thanks.
Yours sincerely,
Dr Mark Dinish
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