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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: Customers Service <service_mail_data05@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 05:02:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Yahoo Warning!!! ( Verify Your Account now To Avoid It Closed)


Dear Account User,
You are advise to verify and comfim your acount details below to enable us upgrade your account.
E.G Your Yahoo id, Password, Date Of Birth etc.

Anyone who fails to do his or her own will Automatically lost his or her own Account.
Thanks for using Yahoo Mail


Account Alert


VERIFY YOUR FREE YAHOO ACCOUNT NOW !!!

Dear Account User,
This message is from yahoo message center to all yahoo free account owners and premium account owners. We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail account center. We are deleting all unused yahoo account to create more space for new accounts.

To prevent your account from closing you will have to update it below before three days from now!


Confirm Your Account Details
Yahoo! ID:.........................

Password:........................

Your Birthday:.................

Your Country or Territory:...........

Zipcode.........................

Enter the letter from the Security Image :.........


Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account before two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.







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