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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 message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Andrey Gray"<ghayceb@ssa.com>
Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 09:48:14 -0700
Subject: ///SPAM/// WORK FROM HOME
Die Spam - Erkennungssoftware auf dem Mailgateway (mailgate4.eduhi.at) hat diese
ankommende E - Mail als mögliches Spam gekennzeichnet. Die ursprüngliche
Nachricht wurde als Anhang beigefügt.
Falls sie Fragen zu diesem Service haben, kontakieren Sie mailto:helpdesk@eduhi.at
Detaillierte Inhaltsauswertung: (6.6 Punkte, 5.8 erforderlich)
pts rule name description
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0.5 RCVD_IN_PBL RBL: Received via a relay in Spamhaus PBL
[41.18.240.240 listed in zen.spamhaus.org]
0.3 EH_f_fromextern antispammerstandardbewertung bei absendern (eduhi)
1.5 SUBJ_ALL_CAPS Betreff enthält nur Großbuchstaben
3.1 DATE_IN_FUTURE_06_12 Absendezeit 6 bis 12 Stunden nach Datum in
"Received"-Kopfzeilen
0.2 EH_b_gluecksspiell BODY: gluecksspiel words in body
0.3 EH_b_selling BODY: selling words in body
0.7 MSOE_MID_WRONG_CASE MSOE_MID_WRONG_CASE
0.0 FORGED_MUA_OUTLOOK E-Mail täuscht E-Mail-Software Outlook vor
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