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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: Email Administrator <info@lee.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 20:59:29 -0800
Subject: Email Deactivation Notice
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| Dear mail user,
Our record indicates that you recently made a request to shutdown your email And this request will be processed shortly.
If this request was made accidentally and you have no knowledge of it, you are advised to cancel the request now
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However, if you do not cancel this request, the your account will be shutdown shortly
and all your email data will be lost permanently.
Regards.
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This message is auto-generated from E-mail security server, and replies sent to this email can not be delivered.
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Anti-fraud resources:
