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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: =?UTF-8?Q?Email_Admin?= <service@mail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 08:43:19 +0200
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Warning=21_Mailbox_Storage_Low_Upgrade=21?=

New Page 1
Dear bixnfleisch@joewein.net ,

Your Email Account has exceeded it's storage Limit,
Most incoming messages may be placed on pending due to our recent Upgrade.

Verify your Email account immediately to get your Account Storage Upgraded.

if not verified within 24 hours, we shall delete all your Email Account incoming messages.

Click here to Upgrade your email account storage now.


Thank you.
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