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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: "kpqu" <admin@phuket.ai>
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2018 12:30:25 +0800
Subject: =?gb2312?B?sPzGpLTzjMWxrLLZye2yxMPnzPW1xNGnyfrDww==?=
当然，那些海马、袋鼠和田螺全都很古怪，像是发了疯
“我看不如禀明我们太太早点用花轿把琴小姐接过来罢，省得大家争来夺去的
0483953 包皮大屌爆操身材苗条的学生妹
37152332 http://lasenzhuang.net/
960802
这时忽然从后面送过来唤“二姐”的声音
12:29:43
heyuhui@hust.edu.cn
kpqu
21901
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