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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: retorno@personalmailing.com.br
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 09:03:47 +0200
Subject: Always searched for a smart edge for weight loss? Stop trusting
their lies!

The internet is filled with false info on weight loss, it's a well-known fact.

With the help of some weight reduction solutions you are not actually required to work out all the damn time and eat less, some diet products actually boost your body's natural weight-loss mechanism.

The media will never talk about them, because it's not in their best interest ?there is a quick and simple solution to a problem that puts so much money in so many people's pockets, where's the melodrama, where's benefit in that?

Stop eating up the lies, start getting fit ?

following the provided link would be a nice starting point

http://www.medmatrixmutualscheme.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-sticky-menu/functions_content.inc.php?Z3JldGFfbWFiZWxfeXlAZmYuY29t

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