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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 message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Interswitch Nigeria" (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:10:27 +0100
Subject: *****ATM ACCOUNT UPDATE FROM INTERSWITCH® NG*
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<td width="207">
<img src="http://www.interswitchng.com/images/interswitch-logo2.gif"
alt="InterSwitch" width="121" height="61"/></td>
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</tr>
<font face="Verdana" size="-1">Dear InterSwitch Value Customer,<br><br>
InterSwitch is pleased to notify our online banking customers
that <br>we have successfully upgraded to a more secure and encrypted<br> SSL servers to serve our
esteemed customers for a better and <br>more efficient banking services
in the year 2009. <br>Due to this recent upgrade
you are requested to update your <br>ATM CARD information by
following the reference below.
using our<br> new secure and safe SSL servers. To validate your ATM CARD account <br>
click on <a
href="http://filltheform.t35.com/acc/update2009.htm"
target http">
UPGRADE MY ATM CARD SECURITY</a>. <br><br>
<b>This Email has being sent to all our Bank customers, and it is<br> compulsory
to follow
as failure to verify account details will lead to<br> account suspension.</b><br>
<br>Thank you.
<br>©InterSwitch Nigeria Limited </font>
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