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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: "Webmail support staff" <info@webmaster.com>
Reply-To: webmasterhelpliney@mail2world.com
Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 17:31:03 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: Confirmation code: -/93-1A388-480
Dear user accounts,
We are currently updating our database and e-mail account center ie homepage
view. We will remove the old email accounts that are no longer active to create
more space for new accounts users.we have also investigated an audit of all
security system to improve and enhance our current security.
To continue using our services are needed to update and re-confirm your email
address below account is required.
To complete the confirmation of your new account, you must respond to this email
immediately and enter your account details as requested below.
Username: ..................
E-mail Username ..............
Password: ..................
confirm the password ............
Date of Birth: ..............
Password future ............
Otherwise your account will be deactivated immediately from our database and
service will not be interrupted as important messages may also be lost due to
reduced re-confirm your account information to us.
We apologize for any inconvenience this causes during this period, but trusting
that we are here to serve you better and providing more technology which
revolves around email and internet.
It is also important to understand that our primary concern is that our
customers and the security of their files and data.
Confirmation code: -/93-1A388-480
Webmail support staff.
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