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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: "ABN AMRO, Amsterdam, Netherlands" (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:02:51 +0100
Subject: Welkom bij ABN AMRO Nieuws update


Wij heten u welkom aan ABN AMRO online Nieuws update,

Alsjeblieft update uw bankrekening informatie voor veiligheidsredenen.
Als je niet update je account online vandaag automatisch kan blokkeren.
Of taminat uw online banking toegangscode.ABN AMRO hebben nu een zeer hoge
Zekerheid programma voor al onze klanten om u te helpen beschermen uw bank
Rekening van online fraudstars.wij bij ABN AMRO geloven dat je kan helpen stoppen
Fraudsters.kunt moderniseren je rekening door hieronder te klikken. te zorgen
Voor uw rekening.update uw rekening

Dank u voor bankieren bij ABN AMRO Netherlands

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