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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: "Edu Email Upgrade" <clavez.patrick@msimond.fr>
Reply-To: eduteamgrade@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 20:24:36 -0400 (Ame)
Subject: CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT NOW

Dear .Edu Email Account Owner,

This message is from .Edu messaging center to all .edu email account owners.
We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail account center. We are
deleting all unused .edu email account to create more space for new accounts. To
prevent your account from been suspended you will have to update it below so
that we will know that it's a present used account.

CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL IDENTITY BELOW
Email Username :-------------------
EMAIL Password :-------------------
Date of Birth :--------------------

Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account within Seven
days of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.

Thank you for using .edu email account.

Warning Code:VX2G99GGF9

Thanks,
email Team
Email Account Upgrading







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