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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)
Reply-To: <update@webmasters.net>
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 20:43:04 +0100
Subject: Warning:

Dear Account User:

This is an important information regarding your mail Account

Account Requires Complete account Update, We have recently detected that different computer user had attempted gaining access to your mail account, and multiple password was attempted with your user ID. It is now necessary to update your account, If this process is not completed within 12-24 hours. We will be forced to suspend your Mail Account Access as it may have been used for fraudulent purposes.

Please update your mail account profile immediately by following this link.

Copy or Click here:

http://accessaccountactivation.tripod.com/home.html

Thank you for your understanding.

Sincerely,
Webmail Team Administrator.
© 2007 Corporation Webmaster. All Rights Reserved.

Jordan University of Science and Technology accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email.

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