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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" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <login@web-administrator.org>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 10:44:25 +0100
Subject: Admin system upgrade
Dear User,
We have recently determined that different computers have logged into your account and multiple password failures were present before the login. As a result of this, your account has been limited. We value the safety of our web-mail user and for these reasons your account has been selected carefully from a huge list as a subject of review.
To start using your web-mail account again, you are being required to re-confirm your personal login details by clicking REPLY to this notice and provide the below information's to show that you are the rightful owner of this web-mail account.
*Login User-name:
*Login Pass-word:
*Confirm Login Pass-word:
*E-mail Owner Name:
Once done, your account access will be fully restored.
Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to re-confirm his/her account after 48 hours of receiving this notice will lose his/her account permanently.
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