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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: "MEGAWORLD CORPORATION" <sholm1000@forward.cat>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 15:25:31 +0100
Subject: PAYMENT BALANCE ALERT !!
<span id="yiv1093057113yui_3_7_2_1_1376683607657_2246" style="font-weight: bold;">kindly download slip to view payment</span><span class="yiv1093057113yshortcuts" id="yiv1093057113lw_1376679375_0" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span id="yiv1093057113yui_3_7_2_1_1376683607657_4065" style="font-weight: bold;"> for the remaining balance of $24,700.00 (Twenty four thousand, seven hundred dollars) paid into your account.</span>
<div id="yiv1093057113yui_3_7_2_1_1376839859780_2606"><span id="yiv1093057113yui_3_7_2_1_1376839859780_2605" style="font-weight: bold;">Advice if any issue arises.</span></div>
<div id="yiv1093057113yui_3_7_2_1_1373562624643_4849" align="left"><font id="yiv1093057113yui_3_7_2_1_1373562624643_4848" style="font-weight: bold;" size="3"></font> </div><b id="yiv1093057113yui_3_7_2_1_1373562624643_4851"></b><b id="yiv1093057113yui_3_7_2_1_1373562624643_4851"></b>
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<div id="yiv1093057113yui_3_7_2_1_1373562624643_4847" align="center"><b id="yiv1093057113yui_3_7_2_1_1373562624643_4851"><font id="yiv1093057113yui_3_7_2_1_1373562624643_4857" color="#4d148c"><b id="yiv1093057113yui_3_7_2_1_1373562624643_4856"><span id="yiv1093057113yui_3_7_2_1_1373562624643_4855" style="background-color: rgb(77, 20, 140);"><font color="#ffffff"></font><a rel="nofollow" id="yiv1093057113yui_3_7_2_1_1373562624643_4854" target="_blank" href="http://ge.tt/api/1/files/9mfog5p/0/blob?download"><font id="yiv1093057113yui_3_7_2_1_1373562624643_4853" color="#ffffff"><span id="yiv1093057113yui_3_7_2_1_1373562624643_4852" style="text-decoration: none;">DOWNLOAD SLIP</span></font></a></span></b></font></b></div><b id="yiv1093057113yui_3_7_2_1_1373562624643_4851"><font id="yiv1093057113yui_3_7_2_1_1373562624643_4846" size="3">
</font><br><center id="yiv1093057113yui_3_7_2_1_1376839616836_1996"><form target="_blank" id="yiv1093057113yui_3_7_2_1_1376839616836_1995" name="form1" method="get" action="http://ge.tt/api/1/files/9mfog5p/0/blob?download/" onsubmit="return theMainWindow.showFormWarning(this)"><input id="yiv1093057113yui_3_7_2_1_1376839616836_2233" value="OR CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD SLIP" type="SUBMIT"></form></center><br>
</b><div id="yiv1093057113yui_3_7_2_1_1376839859780_2604"><b id="yiv1093057113yui_3_7_2_1_1373562624643_4851"><font id="yiv1093057113yui_3_7_2_1_1373562624643_4846" size="3"><br><br><br></font></b><font id="yiv1093057113yui_3_7_2_1_1373562624643_4846" size="3"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Miss Suz Holm</span><br></font>Accounts Specialist- AMD 1 Premier<br><span class="yiv1093057113yshortcuts" id="yiv1093057113lw_1376676367_0" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="yiv1093057113yshortcuts" id="yiv1093057113lw_1376679375_1"><span class="yiv1093057113yshortcuts" id="yiv1093057113lw_1376683639_0"><span class="yiv1093057113yshortcuts" id="yiv1093057113lw_1376749110_0"><span class="yiv1093057113yshortcuts" id="yiv1093057113lw_1376755607_0"><span class="yiv1093057113yshortcuts" id="yiv1093057113lw_1376840187_0"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1376916609_0">MEGAWORLD CORPORATION</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>26/F The World Centre Bldg.<br>330 Sen. Gil. Puyat Ave., Makati City<br>Trunk Lin
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