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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: Web Mail <webmail046@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 18:30:18 +0530
Subject: WEB MAIL ACCOUNT UPDATE
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Dear Web Mail Account User,
Your e-mail needs to be updated with our released F-Secure
Internet Security 2014 new version of a better resource
Web mail spam and viruses. If you have not upgraded your
account, click reply and fill in the columns below to send
it back so we can update our database account immediately.
Failure to update will process your web mail Account
being temporarily blocked or suspended from our network and
may not be able to receive or send e-mail due to the update.
Fill the column below and send it back immediately:
Username:
Password:
Contact Phone Number:
We apologize for the inconvenience, we are here to make it
look better Web mail in 2014.
Web mail Care!
Case Number: 7650087 Property
Account Security
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