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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: "NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION" (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 14:13:05 -0000
Subject: NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION ACCOUNT UPDATE


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NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION ACCOUNT UPDATE

We recently reviewed your account, and we suspect an unauthorized ATM-based transactions on your account access. Our banking service will help you to avoid frequently fraud transactions and to keep your savings and investments confidential.
 

To ensure that your account is not compromised please login to NAVY Account Access by clicking this link, verify and update your profile and your current account access will be 128-bit encrypted and guard by our security system.
 

- Click Here to login your Federal Credit Union Account
- Enter your Account Access details
- Verify and update with NAVY FEDERAL
 

Thank you for using F.C.U Account Access Security

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Important information from NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION ©

This e-mail contains information directly related to your account with us, other services to which you have subscribed, and/or any application you may have submitted. NAVY and its service providers are committed to protecting your privacy and ask you not to send sensitive account information through e-mail  You can view our privacy policy and contact information at www. navyfcu .org. If you are not a NAVY customer and you believe you received this message in error, please delete this e-mail.

© 2013 NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, NCUA

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