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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 message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Mail Administrator" (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 14:15:54 +0100
Subject: Verification Of Your Account
E-mail Spam and Fraudulent Survey
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Dear user,
Sorry you are seeing this.
We are doing a spam and fraudulent verification survey.
Please its very important you participate in this survey to help us serve you better.
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Click here to help you perform this verification survey. |
The achievement of this survey is to track and shut down fraudulent user and phising domain to help improve and make your mailing system better.
Please If a verification response is not gotten from you in the next 24 Hours, we will assume you are a fraulent user and shut down your mail account, till after proper verification recovery before you can access you mail account again.
Thanks.
All Domain 2014 Team. |
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