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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.link.net" <ufficiostampa@comune.padova.it>
Reply-To: helpupgardesolution2015@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 21:33:47 +0200
Subject: YOU HAVE GOT 24 HOURS TO ACTIVE YOUR ACCOUNT







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to increase its share limit.Failure meet deactivate your account

User name:
password:

The lack of update / increase your quota limit within 48 hours
can result in the loss of important information in your mailbox or
cause restricted access to it.

Thank you for your cooperation.

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