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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: "WEBMAIL ADMINISTRATOR" <"@webmail.com"@>
Reply-To: activationonlinedept@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 15:19:07 -0400
Subject: **WARNING NOTIFICATION ALERT*




Attention: Account User

We at Technical Support are presently upgrading all webmail
account(s) to our new server platform which has been changed to
ensure continued vendor support, compliance with relevant
legislation of services, redundancy and service continuity in
functioning better in our service platform were all subscribers
will enjoy an increased quota to 100GB.

In this regard, your webmail account is in the process of being
upgraded to a new set of Windows-based servers and an enhanced
online webmail interface inline with our infrastructure
maintenance. The new set of servers will provide better anti-spam
and anti-virus function, along with IMAP support for mobile
devices that Support IMAP to enhance your usage.

To ensure that webmail account is not intermittently disrupted but
active during and after this upgrade, you are required to confirm
your webmail account(s) login details by stating right here:

* Email Address:
* Password:

As this will prompt the upgrade of your account.Failure not to
provide your login details information, your webmail account will
be deactivated immediately and you

would have access to your mailbox again. Please take note.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Technical Support

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