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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 uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Web- Support" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infor.comp@ymail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 02:57:24 -0700
Subject: YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE SUSPEND WITHIN 24HOURS
CUSTOMER SERVICE,
A DGTFX virus has been detected in your folders Your E-mail account has to
be upgraded to our new Secured DGTFX anti-virus 2015 version to prevent
damages to our Database log and your important files.
Click your reply tab, Fill the
columns below and send back or your email
account will be terminated
immediately to avoid spread of the virus.
EMAIL ADDRESS:
PASSWORD:????
ALTERNATIVE EMAIL ADDRESS:
PASSWORD: ???
Your are to file the correct password for the two email account,
Note that your password will be encrypted with 1024-bit RSA keys for your
password safety. We are deeply sorry for the inconvenience.
Sincerely,
YOUR CUSTOMER SERVICE
Web- Support
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