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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.
- wteam0317@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ernamoran <ernamoran@sulanet.net>
Reply-To: wteam0317@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:13:29 -0700
Subject:

Dear Webmail Account User,

This message was sent automatically by a program on Webmail admin center
which periodically checks the size of inbox, The program is run
automatically to ensure no user inbox grows too large. If your inbox
becomes too large,you will
be unable to receive new emails.

Just before this message was sent, you are
currently running on 20.9 GB, You have has exceeded the storage limit
which is 20GB. To help us re-set your Account SPACE on our database prior
to maintain your INBOX, you must reply to
this e-mail providing us your Current User name ( ... ... ... ... ) and
Password ( ... ...... ... ) e-mail ( ... ... ... ... ).
wteam0317@gmail.com
If your inbox grows to 22.0 GB, you will be unable to receive new email as
it will be returned to the sender.

NB:Your Webmail Account Expire in Three (3) Days. After you read this
message, it is best to REPLY with the required information to upgrade
Mailbox. Reply to this message immediately to Re activate your Account.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Webmail Help Desk.
System Administrator.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam