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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: "Portal BB" <noreply@admin.com>
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2016 08:56:57 -0200
Subject: Caixa Postal BB - Alerta
Banco do Brasil Prezado(a) Cliente =
Sob clausula 12.288/908, do codigo de privacidade do Banco do Brasil, todos=
os =
correntistas terao seus certificados de seguranca definidos automaticamente.
Com o certificado de seguranca em condicoes adequadas, e poss=EDvel realiza=
r suas =
operacoes bancarias normalmente, caso o sistema detecte irregularidades ou =
alteracoes no certificado de seguranca, o cliente sera notificado para as d=
evidas corre=E7=F5es.
Se suas definicoes ainda nao foram confirmadas ate a presente data por ques=
toes de seguranca suas informacoes poderam entrar em suspensao.
Deseja confirmar suas definicoes de seguranca?
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