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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: garb.com <latoya@garb.com>
Date: 01 Jul 2020 03:41:08 +0300
Subject: latoya@garb.com, You have E-mail messages pending delivery

Dear latoya,
 
You have new messages pending delivery on your e-Mail server.
These messages can be viewed by subject below, proceed to domain portal update now to release messages into your Inbox.
 
User ID:    latoya@garb.com
Domain:   garb.com
 
  Status                      Subject                                                        Recipient                                      Date
Pending:  Audit Report To: latoya@garb.com 29-06-2020
Pending:  Payment request To: latoya@garb.com 29-06-2020
Pending:  RE: Comments regarding new contract To: latoya@garb.com 29-06-2020
 

 
 
 
 Sincerely
 Web Administrator (C) 2020 Secured Service.
 
 garb.com   • Web Admin • San Jose, CA 95129
You have received this notification because you operate  latoya@garb.com account.

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