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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: cj.osadchuk@qkstream.com
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2020 09:54:23 +0800
Subject: Video Of You!

Hey, check the sender of this email, I sent this email from your email account.

Your computer was infected with my private software, RAT (Remote Administration Tool).

My malware gave me access to all your accounts, contacts and it was possible to spy on you over your webcam.

I was spying on you and then once I was shocked seeing you started to MASTRUBATE ;-D and I RECORDED YOU!

I can share the video of you with all your friends, contacts, post it on social networks and everywhere else.

You can stop me, send 700$ with the cryptocurrency Ethereum (ETH).

It's easy to buy Ethereum (ETH), for example here: bitvavo.com , anycoindirect.eu , binance.com , or Google another exchanger.

My Ethereum (ETH) wallet is: 0x887D27dA0a963bDFBc503357F2DC9837eB2c9444

Yes that's how the wallet looks like, copy and paste it.

After receiving the payment I will remove everything and you never hear from me again.

You got 2 days time!

Next time update your browser before browsing the web, so you won't get infected again!












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