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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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Fraud email example:

From: "srfhirhx" <admin@phuket.ai>
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2018 14:38:44 +0800
Subject: =?gb2312?B?xa7T0bXEy73D3NC01eY=?=

      女友的私密写真

   14:38:48            http://wangxuequan.net/

 

小姚阿姨的特殊意义,在于她排在了食堂里一位卖馅饼的女孩前面

2018/12/7     hurongling@bellsent.com

”“二小姐,我服侍过你,我应该请安嘛,”婉儿带笑说,这张画眉涂脂的清秀的长脸虽然比从前瘦了一些,但是这一笑又使淑英姊妹想起以前那个活泼的少女来了

”“二小姐,我服侍过你,我应该请安嘛,”婉儿带笑说,这张画眉涂脂的清秀的长脸虽然比从前瘦了一些,但是这一笑又使淑英姊妹想起以前那个活泼的少女来了      他更觉支持不住,但是他仍旧勉强站了一会儿

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