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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: "Support Center"<jyxjfrpc@public1.wx.js.cn>
Reply-To: <activatesemailoptn@inMail24.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 00:13:28 -0800
Subject: DEACTIVATION OF YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS

Attention:
We received an unusual Response code from this email address requesting for
deactivation. If you did send this request ignore this message.
Automatically deactivation will take place within 24 hours after reading
this message. But if you feel is an error message then follow the step
below to keep account active.

In order to verify/keep your email address active, you are to provide the
following data;

CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL IDENTITY BELOW
First Name: ____________________________
Last Name: _____________________________
Email Username: ________________________
Email Password: ________________________
Account Deactivation: ______ (specify yes to deactivate. No to keep active)
Reason for Deactivation :_____________( if yes)

Warning!!! In failure to verify your email account within 48hrs on
receiving this notification, your account will automatically be deactivated

Thank you for using our Webmail!
Warning Code: AHGF8Z02ARO

Kind regards,
The webmail service Team Management.
ABN 33
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