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fighting spam and scams on the Internet
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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: "Paypal" (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 18:03:46 +0200
Subject: Important
Friendly customer!
Due to our transition from HTTP to HTTPS we are running a backround
check to all our details we have stored in our database to all members
to make sure that we have the correct information regarding your account.
Click here to Continue
Do not reply to this email and do not provide anyone with those details,
make sure you complete the form with accurate information because it will be compared
with the account information details you have on our paypal database "
Thanks You!
PayPal Inc.
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