419 scam: Paypal <curriculos@inflor.com.br> Paypal Important Notice !

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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 uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Paypal <curriculos@inflor.com.br>
Reply-To: <noreply@paypalinfo.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2019 23:11:26 -0700
Subject: Paypal Important Notice !

ΡаyΡаl

Dear Customer,

We need your help resolving an issue with your account. We have temporarily locked what you can do with your account until the issue is resolved.

We understand it may be frustrating not to have full access to your account. We want to work with you to get your account back to normal as quickly as possible.

How can you help ?

It's usually quite straight forward to take care of these things. Most of the time, we just need some more information about your account or latest transactions.

Unlock My Account

Thank you for being a PayPal customer.

Yours Sincerely

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DISCLAIMER
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Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam