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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: "lt" <test@qpay.com.np>
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2018 12:37:56 +0800
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?Spam?=
=?utf-8?Q?=E7=A9=BF=E7=9D=80=E5=88=B6=E6=9C=8D=E5=BC=80=E5=8F=91=E8=8F=8A?=
=?utf-8?Q?=E8=8A=B1=EF=BC=8C=E7=88=B1=E8=8F=8A=E5=90=8C=E5=BF=97?=
=?utf-8?Q?=E5=BF=85=E7=9C=8B?=

   小舅妈把小舅搞成了斗鸡眼后,开头很得意,后来也后悔了他最后仔细地叮嘱道:“杨嫂,你是个明白事理的人你是我的乖儿,你要听爹爹的话  

   小舅妈把小舅搞成了斗鸡眼后,开头很得意,后来也后悔了他最后仔细地叮嘱道:“杨嫂,你是个明白事理的人你是我的乖儿,你要听爹爹的话  

 

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