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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: <brad@bradblog.com>
Date: 11 Jun 2014 06:42:15 +0200
Subject: Fw:Enc: Consultoria-Ltda.. 11/06/2014 06:42:15

Download Documento rar (1)

Prezado Cliente,
Último aviso de cobrança!

Conforme sua solicitacao estamos enviando-lhes para o Email informado por V.sa

a 2 Via do boleto para pagamento do acordo feito referente a divida do banco do brasil S/A

ATENCAO: Lembramos que será debitado automáticamente o Valor do boleto diretamente em sua conta bancaria ea falta de pagamento do acordo por falta de saldo em sua conta bancaria ocorrera a Restricao Financeira em seu CNPJ/CPF,e quebrando o acordo, não é Liberado o escritorio para fazer Novo parcelamento da divida,nem outro acordo referente a divida, por isso solicitamos o maximo cuidado na observacao do prazo do boleto.
 
 
Número de Documento: 3192454187651-11976491-IP837
Instituição Credora: Banco do Brasil
Valor da Anotação: 1.681,35
Data da Ocorrência: 20/05/2014

 

 

11/06/2014 06:42:15

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