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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 18:08:53 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: Dringend


Geachte ING Client,

Houdt u er rekening mee dat de toegang tot uw online-account dreigt te verlopen.Om de toegang tot uw
online account actief te houden, vragen wij u dan gelieve om zo snel mogelijk in te loggen.Gebruik de
onderstaande link om verder te gaan en toegang te krijgen tot uw account.

Nadat u gebruik heeft gemaakt van de onderstaande link zal er door één van onze medewerkers nog
contact met u worden opgenomen om het gehele proces te voltooien. Wanneer het gehele proces gereed
is zal u weer als vanouds gebruik kunnen maken van uw ING-online.

Klik hier

Met toegang tot uw ING online kunt u het grootste gedeelte van uw bankverrichtingen
uitvoeren door u aan te melden op het onlinebankieren.

Wij willen u alvast bedanken voor uw medewerking ING.

Hoogachtend,

Klantenservice

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