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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 message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: =?utf-8?B?57Sn5oCl77yB6YKu566x57O757uf5Y2z5bCG5Y2H57qn77yB?= <hr@zwwxgame.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 03:09:24 +0800
Subject: =?utf-8?B?57Sn5oCl77yB6YKu566x57O757uf5Y2z5bCG5Y2H57qn77yBIA==?=
尊敬的领导以及同事：
由于部分离职员工没有及时上缴注销造成外部OA邮统的安全运营！
现通知本域用户如下：
您的Email:frwilliams@z6.com需要进行用户登记备案，逾时没备案的账号将会被停止使用！
在收到通知的第一时间进行登录备案！
截止日期：2016年8月06日
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2016-07-31 All Rigjhts Eeserved
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