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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: "Email Administrator" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bagafarest@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 04:37:25 -0800
Subject: Request for closing of your account is been processed

Dear Valued user,
 
Your email account will be blocked in response to a complaint received by the administration.
According to provision 13.3 of Terms and Conditions, Email may at any time,
terminate its Services for your account and all your data will be lost.
You have to upgrade now to the newest EMail Server to avoid this termination process.
Once your account is upgraded, we will restore your account to its normal state.
Kindly note that you have to perform this upgrade as soon as possible to avoid  loosing your account data.
__________________________________________
Thank You for Being A Loyal EMail Server User
We hope you enjoy the newest version of EMail Server.
EMail Server Team
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EMail Server
 

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