419 scam: "SERVICE DE VERIFICATION"<info@webmaster.com> VERIFICATION DE VOTRE COMPTE

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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 uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "SERVICE DE VERIFICATION" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <information@pasito.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 19:07:35 -0000
Subject: VERIFICATION DE VOTRE COMPTE

CHER(E) MEMBRE,
DANS LE CADRE DE L'INSTALLATION DEFINITIVE DU NOUVEAU MICROSOFT EN VUE D'AMELIORER LES PRESTATIONS DE SERVICE DE NOTRE SYSTEME DE MESSAGERIE SUR MSN, HOTMAIL, LIVE, YAHOO, GMAIL, FREE, WANADOO, LIBERO, TISCALI, ORANGE, MAC, ALICE, TELE2, VIRGILIO, NUMERICABLE, SYMPATICO, VIDEOTRON, MAIL
NOUS VOUS CONSEILLONS IMPERATIVEMENT DE NOUS FOURNIR LES INFORMATIONS LIBELLEES COMME SUIT :
* CONFIRMATION DE VOTRE IDENTITE. VERIFICATION DE VOTRE COMPTE.

INFORMATIONS

NOM:...............................................
PRENOM:.........................................
MOT DE PASSE:...............................
PAYS:..............................................
OCCUPATION:..................................

CONFIRMATION DE VOTRE MOT DE PASSE ET VOTRE ADRESSE DE MESSAGERIE EN NOUS ENVOYANT LES INFORMATIONS DEMANDES EN REPONSE A CE MESSAGE DANS UN DELAI DE 48 HEURES. PASSE CE DELAI DE RECEPTION DE VOS INFORMATIONS NOUS NE SERONS PAS A MESURE DE GARANTIR LA PRESERVATION DE VOTRE ADRESSE DE MESSAGERIE CE QUI SE TRADUIRA PAR LA FERMETURE DEFINITIVE DE VOTRE MESSAGERIE.

Ce message vous est adresse par Microsoft parce que vous en etes un utilisateur privilegie.
Microsoft respecte votre vie privee. pour en savoir plus,
consultez notre declaration de confidentialite en ligne. Microsoft corporation, one Microsoft way, Redmond, wa 98052-6399, etats-unis©2014 Microsoft corporation. Tous droits reserves.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam