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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: "Webmail Account user" <accountuserdesk@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dokobestuur@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 05:52:46 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: [dokobestuur] Dear Account Subscriber,


Dear Account Subscriber,

We wish to inform you that we are undergoing slight maintenance and
upgrading on our site. Also we are using this medium to delete the
inactive account users of our service. Your account details code number in
our database is (SUB/1070/EU). You are required to send your account
details below for verification and confirmation:

CONFIRM YOUR WEB MAIL IDENTITY BELOW
Email User name: (*******)
Email Password: (*******)
Date of Birth: (*******)
Country or Territory: (*******)

We are sorry for any inconveniences this may cause you. Thanks for
subscribing with our service, and expect our new added features.
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Webmail Management Team.(c)


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