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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: "Admin team Internet" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info5555team@yahoo.cn>
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 14:35:19 -0800
Subject: Your email account verification

Webmail Technical Support

Attn. All Webmail User,

Scheduled Service Upgrade

Your webmail mail service is in the process of being upgraded to a new set of servers. The

new servers will provide better anti-spam and anti-virus functionality, along with IMAP

support for mobile devices and other features added to enhance your usage.

To confirm and keep your Webmail active during and after our upgrade,kindly reply confirming

your webmail login details as failure to acknowledge receipt of this notification, might

result to a permanent deactivation of your Webmail account from our database for up coming

subscribers.

To confirm your Webmail account, send your Webmail account
Login details stating:

* Email address:
* Password:

Your Webmail shall remain active after you have successfully confirmed your Webmail account

details.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Webmail Technical Support

© 2009 Admin team Internet Ltd.

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