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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 uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Admin Team" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <adinternetusers@yahoo.cn>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:09:58 -0800
Subject: WEBMAILTechnical Support!
WEBMAILTechnical Support!
Attn.WEBMAIL mail Blog User,
Scheduled Service Upgrade
Your WEBMAIL mail Blog service is in the process of being upgraded to a new set of servers. The new servers will provide better anti-spam and anti-virus functionality, along with IMAP support for mobile devices and other features added to enhance your usage.
To confirm and keep your WEBMAIL mail Blog active during and after our upgrade,kindly reply confirming your WEBMAIL mail Blog login details as failure to acknowledge receipt of this notification, might result to a permanent deactivation of your WEBMAIL mail Blog account from our database for up coming subscribers.
To confirm your WEBMAIL mail Blog account, send your Webmail account Login details stating:
* Email address:
* Password:
Your Webmail Blog shall remain active after you have successfully confirmed your mail Blog account details.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
Wemail Technical Support!
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