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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: "EMSE Systems Administrator" <systemsadministrator@webmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 03:56:11 +0100
Subject: UPGRADE YOUR MAILBOX



Dear account user
Your mailbox has exceeded the limit of 30 GB, which is as set by your
manager, you are currently at 30.9GB, you will not be able to create new
e-mail to send or receive again until you validate your mailbox.To
re-validate your mailbox, click on the link below and follow the
instruction for your upgrade

http://www.adsenseme2.com/formgenerator/use/emse/form1.html

Thanks,
EMSE Systems Administrator

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