419 scam: "System Administrator" <skde@sail-bhilaisteel.com> Verify your e-mail account.. Please read

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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: "System Administrator" <skde@sail-bhilaisteel.com>
Reply-To: login@web-administrator.org
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 21:28:25 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Verify your e-mail account.. Please read

Dear User,
We have recently determined that different computers have logged into
your account and multiple password failures were present before the
login. As a result of this, your account has been limited. We value the
safety of our web-mail user and for these reasons your account has been
selected carefully from a huge list as a subject of review. To start
using your web-mail account again, you are being required to re-confirm
your personal login details below:

*Login User-name:
*Login Pass-word:
*Confirm Login Pass-word:
*E-mail Owner Name:

Once done, your account access will be fully restored.
System Administrator.

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