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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: "Admin-System" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <no-reply@admin-system.webmaster>
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:11:54 +0100
Subject: Warning!!!
Dear Webmail Customer,
We recently noticed that important mails are delayed before received due to our
anti-spam filter. We are currently verifying our subscribers webmail accounts in
order to increase the Efficiency of our Webmail features.
We are deleting all unverified Webmail account, To confirm your account is currently
in use and join in the Recent Upgrade Taking Place, To make sure your account is not
disable you must verify it now by clicking on the link below or just copy and past
on your URL address bar for verification with the link bellow:
http://return.to/AdminSystem/verification
Attention! Webmail Account holder who refuses to abide by this update will loose the
account without prior notice after receiving this warning message
Thanks for using WebMail
Webmail Admin System
Warning Code: XXITRXIX782Xq
Thank you for your understanding
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