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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: correo del administrador <maria_raffaella.sognalotti@mfn.unipmn.it>
Reply-To: correo del administrador <barr.peters_smith1@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2012 12:08:00 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Advertencia Emmergency!
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La atenci?n de nuestro usuario con valores de correo!
Esta cuenta de correo electr?nico se cerr? y se eliminan fuera de nuestro servidor de correo en un corto tiempo. Nuestro servidor de correo electr?nico acaba de Sistemas de la lista negra esta cuenta de correo como inactivos y
cuenta inactiva. Si est? seguro de que todav?a est? en uso, por favor haga clic en este enlace para comprobar ahora http://www.kolotool-server.de/form/phpform/use/administrator/form1.html
El ocasional Correo Systems Management Server supervisa todas las cuentas de correo y negra todas aquellas cuentas sospechosas inactivos e inactivas para ser eliminado!
Aseg?rese de confirmar y verificar en este enlace para evitar http://www.kolotool-server.de/form/phpform/use/administrator/form1.html esta cuenta se eliminen en un
poco tiempo!
Advertencia: Si no lo hace, usted no ser? capaz de iniciar sesi?n en su buz?n de correo la pr?xima vez!
Gracias por su atenci?n!
Copy Right @ Webmail administrador del sistema. Todos los derechos reservados
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