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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 message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "HELP DESK" <managementhelp.desk@post.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 21:47:05 +0100
Subject: HELP DESK
Attn. Mail User!!
Information Technology Services (ITS) are currently upgrading e-mail accounts. This will provide you the ability to store a greatly increased amount of e-mail correspondence in your e-mail account.
Your account has been identified as one of the accounts which are to be upgraded.Please click the link below and follow the instruction http://helpdesk2014.atwebpages.com/os-auth.php The new minimum quota level for e-mail accounts will be set to 1000mb.
Email Help Desk
!!! WARNING CODE 47513 !!!
Failure to log out will allow others to access your account. Closing
the browser window does NOT log you out properly. To log out, please
click one of the "Log out" icons in the browser window.
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