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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.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "webmaster" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <informacion.cuenta0000@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:27:49 -0700
Subject: Estimado Usuario de la Cuenta,
Estimado Usuario de la Cuenta,
Tenemos congestión debido a la matrícula anónima de cuentas de correo
electrónico. Por lo tanto, cerramos algunas cuentas correo electrónic para permitir la actualización web.
Enviamos este correo electrónico así que usted
nos puede informar si usted todavía quiere utilizar esta cuenta. Si usted
todavía es interesado confirma por favor su cuenta inmediatamente. Debe
confirmar su correo electrónico, llenando la forma abajo:
El Nombre:
Correo electrónico:
La contraseña:
Repita Contraseña:
Advertencia! Propietario directo de la Cuenta del correo electrónico que se
niega a actualizar su cuenta después de que reciba este correo electrónico que
perderá su cuenta permanentemente.
Las consideraciones,
Gmail Webmaster
Equipo de Mantenimiento de Cuent
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