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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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Fraud email example:

From: "xqmpc" <test@fideis.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 10:18:00 +0800
Subject: =?gb2312?B?1eLU2tTTvLzJz9PQuPbRp8r1w/u0yr3Q1/a1/sLeurrFtg==?=

           

            这在杂技上有个学术名词叫做叠罗汉哦   

 

  http://namaw.com/

    剧团的党委书记曾有一句名言:剧团的工作,只要把几大头牌的工作做好,就算搞好了一半(这句话不能算是全无道理,可是在“文化大革命”中成为群众演员最为痛恨的一条罪状)                   

 

    "在这个家庭,经过了十年之后,又发生了第二位、第三位和博士同样的怪死事件,这能不引起世人的注意吗?真正犯人被逮捕,大概为时不远了      

2018/6/2210:18:06

 

87495    "在这个家庭,经过了十年之后,又发生了第二位、第三位和博士同样的怪死事件,这能不引起世人的注意吗?真正犯人被逮捕,大概为时不远了 

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