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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:
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "western union" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
Fraud email example:
From: "JADE JOLA" (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2012 14:43:39 -0500
Subject: HELLO
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TROJAN
We have trojan(zeus/Malware/Cyber spying/Trojan.PWS and more to get user name and password/to hack and pc informations both alibaba site and all traders sites in the world
EMAILS DATABASE
we also sell emails database from all listed countries:us/canada/australia/all asia all arabs and europe to all friends that working on LOAN/LOTTO/NEXT OF KIN/JOB OFFER/
ALIBABA AND ALL TRADERS SITES
We have emails leads of lawyers/bankers/farmers/deafs/gold and diamond buyers and sellers foreign beneficiary/job offers and dating sites and we also have facebook
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TOOLS BLASTERS
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generate it to local host to blast unlimited and if u buy emails leads from us u have free tool to blast it and we also blast 1million upward emails for 20k naira
we have bulk sms center number to india nigeria saudi arabia south africa malaysia and many countries sms
online banking site website and scampage also available u can contact us on this number for any question 08038179516 or add us on (jadejola101) to chat with us
we no dey give test ooooooo na who try us go enjoy oooo we dey accept payment from gtb bank western union and liberty reserve
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