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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 message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: internationtransfdpt2@helixnet.cn
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 07:05:37 -0300
Subject:
You have reached the limit of your mailbox by your web mail service,
You are above your limit which is 20GB as set by your administrator, you
Are currently running on 20.9GB, you may not be able to send or receive
E-mails. To Prevent-this! Please click on the link below to upgrade your Quota
http://www.christybird.com/form/use/myform/form1.html
Failure to do so will result in a limited access to your mailbox. Warning!
Reverence.
Web service Administrator
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