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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: Yahooo! <customers_service123@live.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 07:06:26 -0800
Subject: Yahooo! Upgrade

Yahooo! Upgrade

This message is from Yahooo! Administrator IT Services to all our Yahooo
subscribers. You are to provide to us the below information to re-validate
your E-mail due to spam and to upgrade the new 2011/2012 anti-spam and
antivirus version. Please Confirm That your Yahooo! E-mail is still active
by filling out your lo-gin info below after clicking the reply button, or
your E-mail will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons.


User-name:-........................
Password:-..........................
Date of Birth:-.....................
Country:-...........................
Current resident:-.................
Sex:-..............................


After updating your E-mail Information,Your Yahooo will not be interrupted
and will be Upgraded with the new Antispam and Antivirus for 100% E-mail
protection.Thanks for your attention to this request. We apologize for any
inconvenience. Warning!!! owners that refuses to update his or her E-mail
will lose his or her account permanently.

Copyright/IP Policy | Terms of Services>

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