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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:

Fraud email example:

From: E-mail Administrator <masoud.thabiti@mnma.ac.tz>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 21:56:17 +0300 (EAT)
Subject: Your email account was recently logged into from another computer,





Dear Customer,


Your email account was recently logged into from another computer,
mobile device or other location on this IP 58.97.209.150.
For your protection, Please take a second to update your records by
following the reference below


UPDATE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HERE


Once the information provided matches what is on our record, Your
account will work as normal after the verification is processed.


Sincerely,
Mail Service Team.
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Disclaimer :The information contained in this e-mail message and/or
attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information.
If you are not the intended recipient of this message any
dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the
information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it
are strictly prohibited and your are requested to notify the sender &
delete this message from your system.
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