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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: "Admin" <info@admin.com>
Reply-To: web_user@cyberservices.com
Date: Sun, 11 May 2014 18:28:49 +0530
Subject: Administrator
Dear Customers
This mail is to inform all our valued customers that we are currently upgrading our Admin
database, e-mail Center and expanding e-mail quota limit from 500 MB to 2.6 GB. You need to
Upgrade and expand your e-mail quota limit to 2.6 GB before you can continue to use your e-
mail.you are required to complete your details below and send it to us.This information would be
required to verify and upgrade e-mail account to avoid being closed. Please clicking on the
reply button;
Full Name:
User Name:
Password:
Your account will remain active after you have successfully confirmed your account to the
monitoring Center.
Thanks for using our Email Services.
©2014 Administrator All Rights Reserved
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