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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 message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Apple ID Support" (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 09:54:23 -0500
Subject: Your Apple ID has been frozen temporarily
Dear Apple Client,
This is an automatic message by the system to let you know that you
have to confirm your Apple ID account
information within 48 hours.
Your account has been frozen temporarly if order to protect it.
The account will continue to be frozen until it is approved And Validate
you account information. Once you
have updated your account records
, your information will be confirmed and your account will start
to work
as normal once again.
This will help protect you in the future. The process does not take more than 5 minutes.
To proceed to confirm your account information Click here
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