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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: "Discover Card." <info@dc.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 17:20:16 -0400
Subject: Discover Upgrade Notification.



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DEAR CARD USER, Upgrade Notification =

We have upgraded our system security service, bringing significant perf=
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24/7 monitoring of every Discover card purchase for every customer =

Click on Upgrade Account Details below to login and upgrade now =

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Upgrade Account Details =

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We love getting noticed for our excellent customer service and rew=
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See how we ranked in a recent customer satisfaction survey.
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Discover App
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Add discover@service.discover.com to your address book to ensure deliver=
y of these e-mails. See ways to help identify authentic Discover e-mails by=
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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Please do not reply to this e-mail as we are not able to respond to messag=
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DISCOVER and other trademarks, logos and service marks used in this e-mail=
are the trademarks of Discover Financial Services or their respective thir=
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Discover Products Inc.
P.O. Box 30666
Salt Lake City, UT 84130
=A92015 Discover Bank, Member FDICTREMCHNG_A1_A1_A0 =

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