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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: "Mailbox Security Team" <tnhn@thoatnuochanoi.vn>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 11:00:21 +0100
Subject: RE.Validate Your Mailbox (Last Warning)


Dear User,

This is to inform you that on the 20th of August 2017.Your email will be =


De-activated .If you choose not to update your account ON or =


BEFORE 20th of August 2017, you will not be able to read and send =

emails,and you will no =


longer have access to many of the latest features for improved, conversatio=
ns, =


contacts and attachments


Re-validate Your Account =


Take a minute to update your account for a faster, safer and full-featured =
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mail experience.

Note:once you see this mail in your junk folder kind move to inbox and veri=
fy your email account =


Thank You
Mailbox Verification

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