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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: sales@goodwaterwarehouse.com
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2017 01:00:13 -0200 (BRST)
Subject: Meu Vivo - Regularize suas Pendências - Prot.: 2017-59719 01:00:11

Prezado Cliente,

Acreditamos que tenha ocorrido algum imprevisto com o pagamento de sua fatura, pois identificamos em nosso sistema que existe valores em aberto no seu CPF/CNPJ.

Cobrança Vivo: Pendência na Fat. de 10/2017

Para mais detalhes: acesse aqui os detalhes de sua pendência.

Protocolo

Fatura

Vencimento

Valor

Multa e
Juros

08102017-59719

OUTUBRO

10/2017

93,62

8,38

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-

-

-

-

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