419 scam: ""Admin.Manager."<info@webmail.org>" ATTENTION WEBMAIL SUBSCRIBER:

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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 uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "accountprotection@zbavitu.net" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: ""Admin.Manager." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <accountprotection@zbavitu.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 23:09:50 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION WEBMAIL SUBSCRIBER:

ATTENTION WEBMAIL SUBSCRIBER:

This mail is to inform all our {WEBMAIL} users that we will be

upgrading our site in a couple of days from now. So you as a Subscriber of

our site you are required to send us your Email account details so as to

enable us know if you are still making use of your mail box. Further

informed that we will be deleting all mail account that is not functioning

so as to create more space for new user. so you are to send us your mail

account details which are as follows:

*User name:

*Password:

*Date of Birth:

"Verify password:

Failure to do this will immediately render your email address deactivated

from our database. Your response should be send to the following e-mail

address.

Your Admin Manager:

accountprotection@zbavitu.net

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam