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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?Service?= <service@mail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2016 01:17:52 -0300
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?=5bSupport=5d_Your_access_have_been_restricted_=21?=

 

PayPal
We need your help: Your account need verification
Hello,
someone has recently tried to access your account from this ip adress: 69.49.41.17 Located in Canada more details...
1. For that, we Iimited your account just until we finish our investigations, during that We will keep investigating in this case but to remove Iimitation.

2. For your security you have to confirm your informations otherwise. Confirm now
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