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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: "Telconet" <Admin@telconet.net>
Reply-To: accountuserwww@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 07:49:32 -0300 (ART)
Subject: Dear telconet.net Account User,

Dear telconet.net Account User,

This Email is from (telconet.net ) help desk and we are sending it to
every of(telconet.net ) Accounts user for safety/maintenance from spam
mails.we are having congestions due to the anonymous registration of
(telconet.net )accounts so we are shutting down some (telconet.net
)accounts and your account was among those to be that needs to be re
-updated due to this condition.

We are sending you this email so that you can verify and in order to for
safety and maintainance of your account.If you are still interested please
confirm your account by filling the space below.Your
Username,password,date of birth and your country information would be
needed to verify your account.

* Username: (................. )(Compulsory)
* Password: (..........................)(Compulsory)
* Date of Birth: (..........................) (optional)
*Country Or Territory: (..................) (optional)

Before sending your account details to us, you are advise to Login into
this Link below:


https://email.telconet.net/imp/login.php?

Note that if your account do Login send us the details, if otherwise it
means it has already been deleted. Sorry for the inconvenience this might
cause you we are only trying to make sure you browse fine with our
accounts.

All you have to do is Click Reply and supply the information above, your
account will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Thanks for
your attention to this request.Once again We apologize for any
inconveniences.


* * * WARNING * * *

Account users that refuses to update his/heraccount after 7 Days of
receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.

Unauthorized access to this computer is in violation of the Annotated
Code, Criminal Law Article §§ 8-606 and 7-302 and the Computer Fraud and
Abuse Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1030 et seq. This office may monitor use of its
computing resources as permitted by state and federal law, including the
Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510-2521 and the
Md. Annotated Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, Section 10,
Subtitle 4. Anyone using this system acknowledges that all use is subject
to (telconet.net ) Policy on the Acceptable Use of Information
Technology Resources available at


https://email.telconet.net/imp/login.php?

©Webmail Unit (telconet.net )

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