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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: "webaccount@globomail.com" <online1090034@telkomsa.net>
Reply-To: Webmaster Management!! <webaccount@globomail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 21:30:35 +0200 (SAST)
Subject: Dear account users.


Rich Text Area.
Dear account users.

We are having congestion due to the anonymous registration of WEBMAIL'S accounts mustly YAHOO-HOTMAIL-AOL-GMAIL- EARTHLINK and COMCAST, We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail account center for this reason we are shutting down some accounts to create a space for more account in ( 2012 ) We are sending you this email because your account is among those to be deleted. You are advise to verify and let us know if you still want to use this account.

If you are still interested please re-confirm your account by filling the space below to verify your account..or your account will be suspended within 48hours for security reasons...

* User name:
* Password:.
* Date of Birth:
* Country Or Territory:

* Type the code shown
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This helps web! prevent automated Verification. After following the instructions in the sheet, your account will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Thanks for your attention to this request. We apologize for any inconveniences.

Signed
WebMaster Management.!!!

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