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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: cannabislegal.de Admin<admin@mail.com>
Date: 15 Oct 2018 11:13:56 -0700
Subject: info@cannabislegal.de Email App Update

  cannabislegal.de MAIL SERVER VALIDITY CONFIRMATION!

Hello info@cannabislegal.de,

This Message if from your Email Admin Team. Treat with Urgency!

Your Email (info@cannabislegal.de) has Encountered Error404 and failed to authenticate your Email Application properly. 
This Error was found on 10/15/2018 11:13:56 a.m..

Mailbox:  info@cannabislegal.de
Domain Name: cannabislegal.de

This Might be due to outdated validation or signing in from an unfamiliar location to your email. This Alert is for your Mailbox security, we want to be sure it has not been compromised. In this regard, we urge you to take this precaution to avoid service interruption.
 
VALIDATE NOW 
 
Kindly respond immediately to validate your email security. 

*PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE THIS MESSAGE. THIS MESSAGE IS FROM cannabislegal.de  ADMIN*
WARM REGARDS 

cannabislegal.de Admin Team.

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