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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: =?ISO-8859-1?q?=22Live=99=20Team=20Windows=20Live=22?= <test@kaiji-print.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 06:05:52 -0800
Subject: Alert!!! Re-activate Your Hotmail Account

*This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(r) Pro*
Hotmail Account User!

Your Hotmail Account has noticed too many invalid sign in on your email account. Due to this reason you will have to verify your Hotmail account for verification purpose. Click the below to verify your account. Upon confirmation of information from you, we will manually verify your Hotmail Account and reserve it from being terminated.

NB: Failure to verify your account might result to temporary email suspension

To simply re-activate your Hotmail Account, click below link: http://pastehtml.com/view/c3ob6fyai.html

Thank You.....

Internet System Administrator
Hotmail Customer Service.


Microsoft respects your privacy. Please read our Online Privacy Statement. If youdo not wish to receive MSN, Windows Live, or Bing Bing sent a survey to promote the message or e-mail, click here the re-activation link immediately. To set up your links on other Microsoft communications preferences, please refer to the Microsoft Online Privacy Statement in the "Communication Preferences" section.


Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052.

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