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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: "Webmail Administration" <info@admin.com>
Reply-To: upgradeteam@writeme.com
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 20:24:42 -0400 (AMT)
Subject: Dear webmail client

Administration Last Warning Webmail

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IMPORTANT NOTICE Support Webmail
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Dear webmail client,

We are aware that important emails are delayed before was received because
of our anti-spam filter. We are updating our database spaces and
compensation for our webmail user customers in order to increase the
efficiency of our tce.mt.gov.br. resources Webmail

We are deleting all unused Webmail accounts and not selected. To confirm
your account is being used to make part of the recent update that you must
respond to the e-mail, providing the details below:

NOTE: Skip this email or the lack of this response email automatically
makes your Webmail "off" from our database.

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Username ::
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PASSWORD:
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Confirm Password:
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Date of birth:
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WARNING: Any Webmail account holder who refuses to obey this warning will
"lose" his / her Webmail account without notice upon receipt of such
notification.

Thank you for using Webmail.

Webmail Management System
Code Warning: UCIX782X


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"Webmail for nuts!"
http://squirrelmail.org/


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Aviso de confidencialidade

Esta mensagem da Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa),
empresa pública federal regida pelo disposto na Lei Federal no. 5.851, de
7 de dezembro de 1972, é enviada exclusivamente a seu destinatário e pode
conter informações confidenciais, protegidas por sigilo profissional. Sua
utilização desautorizada é ilegal e sujeita o infrator às penas da lei. Se
você a recebeu indevidamente, queira, por gentileza, reenviá-la ao emitente,
esclarecendo o equivoco.

Confidentiality note

This message from Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa), a
government company established under Brazilian law (5.851/72), is directed
exclusively to its addressee and may contain confidential data, protected
under professional secrecy rules. Its unauthorized use is illegal and may
subject the transgressor to the law's penalties. If you are not the addressee,
please send it back, elucidating the failure.


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