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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: "TECHNICAL SUPPORT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <techwepsup@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 09:43:54 -0000
Subject: THIS MESSAGE IS FROM OUR TECHNICAL SUPPORT TEAM:
THIS MESSAGE IS FROM OUR TECHNICAL SUPPORT TEAM:
This message is sent automatically by our web mail team. If you are receiving this message it means that your email address is about to be deactivated; this was as a result of a continuous error script code: 505 receiving from this email address and too many of spam emails in your Account. You are kindly please advised to respond to this e-mail within the next 48 Hours with the necessary information below to keep your account active. All entries to be forwarded directly to Maintenance/Upgrade Team.
First Name:__________________
Last Name:___________________
Phone:________________________
Username: ____________________
Password: ____________________
Re-Confirm Password:__________
Any Other Web mail Address:___________
Password/Applicable:__________________
Account Deactivation: ____________ (specify yes to deactivate. No to keep
active)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please your information is safe and secure with us.
WARNING: Failure to reset your email by ignoring this message or inputting
Wrong information will result to deactivation of this email address.
Sincerely,
Webmail Technical Support Team.
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