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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 message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "FirstbankNigeria" (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 23:34:44 +0200
Subject: FIRST BANK INTERNET BANKING UPDATE
New Page 1
Dear valued customer,
we want to inform you that we are running a major update on our internet banking
system,which requires that you must update your account immediately to avoid
suspension of internet banking.
This update also includes the validation of your hard ware token,which will
enable easy processing of your online real time transactions and internet
banking sessions.
This update is compulsory for all internet banking users,all accounts that
cannot be updated after this notice will be shut down automatically with out any
notice,this serves as the final notice to update your account immediately.
click here to update your account now
Thank you for banking with us.
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