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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: "Systeembeheerder" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <helpdesk-team@live.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:05:53 +0100
Subject: E-mail quota is overschreden!!!
Uw mailbox quotum is overschreden de limiet die is 20GB, Je kunt geen e-mail verzenden of ontvangen wanneer uw mailbox 20.9GB bereikt. U bent momenteel op 20.8GB Je mag niet in staat zijn om nieuwe e-mail verzenden of ontvangen totdat u verminderen uw mailbox grootte.
Om meer ruimte beschikbaar is, bent klik op de link hieronder;
http://www.eformit.com/eform.aspx?Ondersteuning
(Als de link hierboven niet wordt weergegeven of niet klikbaar Open een browservenster wanneer u erop klikt, kopieer het en plak het in de locatie van uw webbrowser bar.)
Niet te doen kan resulteren in de annulering van uw account. Je moet klikken op de link hierboven of de ruimte zal niet worden bevrijd.
Klik op de bovenstaande link voor hulp en meer informatie.
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