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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: POSTALES TERRA <info@hi5.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:14:26 +0200
Subject: Alguien te ha enviado una Postal!

terrapartes

Alguien te ha enviado una Postal

Terra lider en Postales y Noticias te informa:

Un familiar tuyo te aprecia tanto que ha decidido demostrártelo con una Postal. Recupera tu postal y mira lo mucho que te aprecian!.

Codigo de Postal: PostalesTerra-NA 012-360-084

Para poder recuperar tu Postal y ver los mejores deseos que te han enviado, haz click en el siguiente enlace que se te proporcionara:

Enlace: http://www.terra.com/PostalesTerra-NA012-360-084

De presentarse algun problema con el enlace, también puedes recuperarla desde aqui:

www.terra.com./PostalesTerra

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