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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: "PLANET Customercare" <klmteam1@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 07:04:28 -0700
Subject: FROM PLANET VERY URGENT


FROM PLANET VERY URGENT
Beste Planet
E-mail eigenaar,
Dit bericht is afkomstig van Planet messaging center voor alle
Planete-eigenaars. We zijn nu bezig met de verbetering van onze databank
ene-mail center. Wij zijn het verwijderen van alle Planet e-mail naar
hetscheppen van meer ruimte voor nieuwe e-mail. Om te voorkomen dat uw
account uit afsluiting krijgt u hieronder tewerken, zodat we weten dat het
een van de huidige account gebruikt. Bevestig uw e-mailadres hieronder
identiteit
E-mail Gebruikersnaam: .
E-mail Wachtwoord: ...............

- Hide quoted text -
Dit bericht is afkomstig van Planet messaging center Dank u voor het gebruik
van Planet!
Waarschuwing code: VX2G99AAJ
Bedankt,

Planet Team

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