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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "Stewart Barculo" <stew@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: stewart.barculo22@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 21:01:13 -0200
Subject: ****SPAM**** BUSINESS PROPOSAL 50/50


O software de deteccao de SPAM's da UFLA identificou este e-mail como
sendo um possivel SPAM. A mensagem original encontra-se em anexo.

Para mudar as configuracoes do Anti-SPAM, acesse o endereco:

https://rumba.ufla.br/spam

Preview do conteudo: Good Day, My name is Stewart Barculo, Staff of Stand=
ard Life
Bank Limited. Though I have not considered this medium to be the best =
manner
to have approached you on this issue being that the internet has been =
greatly
abused over the recent years and is very unsecured for information=E2=80=
=99s of
vital importance. I have decided to take the chance seeing that no oth=
er
means could have been faster and more efficient than the E-mail. [...]=20

Detalhes da analise: (pontos: 8.1, maximo permitido: 5.0)

Pts Regra Descricao
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