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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: "test@test.com" (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 07:15:49 +0200
Subject: ALL HACKING ,SPAMMING AND BOMBING TOOLS ARE AVAILABE NOW!!!

I SELL WU BUG, I MAKE WESRTERN UNION WITH YOUR RECIEVER NAME AND GIVE U MTCN

RDP, VPN, socks, root, SMTP scanner, mailer, c99, create scam pages, create trojan/keylogger/botnet, fresh leads, create shipping company website, create online banking website .....PAY FOR DATING SITE..Alibaba Leads(company, bank, shoponline, courier/tacking website)Flight ticket, 30% of price & secure REMAX & Coldwellbanker, googledocs/drive
Match, Zoosk, DHL, Fedex, UPS, Craiglist, Amazon, IRS Transcript Fresh, IRS Scam-Page, RDP Localhost Unlimited, Unlimited Smtp Server, 2016 Database Leads, Bulletprof shells,ssh scanners, spam Service,Visa Classic , Master Card Standart Visa, Amex, Disco, Master Gold / Platinum Business, Cooperation Discover, Amex, Debit card
I MANKE-------------BANK TRANSFER TO ANY BANK.
INSTANT SMTP WEBMAIL MAILER CPANEL FRESH LEADS FROM DATA BASE SMS CENTER NUMBER..

I HAVE USA, UK, ERUOPE, ASIA BANK LOGIN I DO BANK TRANSFER TO CUSTOMER DROP I HAVE TRACK1&2 SOFTWRAE, I ALSO SELL TRACK1$2 WITH PIN I HAVE CCV, AND FULLZ

CONTACT MY CHAT ID: (jaqunru_hack) ****please dont replay to my box***

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