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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: "lkybqwn" <info@rsigroup.org>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 08:49:15 +0800
Subject: =?gb2312?B?z/TP9L3jo6y98c3twta1vc7Syc/By6Os1/LN7bjVsbvQ1rXcstm1vQ==?=

                                        97552389208290899008380315900769451947586958883127741551861098611736958976911569807498270155569190849682

   萧萧姐，今晚轮到我上了，昨晚刚被兄弟操到

    http://atq147.com/

 

 

 

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这个谜好像是为我而出的，但我很不想进入这个谜底

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觉民对这个解答并不满意，不过他想听听张惠如、黄存仁他们发表意见

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