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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: Webmail Admin Team <info@webmaster.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 23:51:44 +0300
Subject: Dear Webmail User

Dear Webmail User,

we are currently upgrading our account database and email account centre, we are deleting all unused web account.

Due to the congestion in our server to prevent your account from not being deleted you will have to verify it, if this is your valid email and if you still want it active by clicking on the below link: CLICK HERE TO VALIDATE YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT

Note: Failure to do this within 24 hours of receiving this mail will temporally disable your ability to receive and send new mails.
 

Webmail Admin Team

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