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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: "zfbsmf" <test@qpay.com.np>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2018 16:49:10 +0800
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?Spam?=
=?utf-8?Q?=E5=A5=B9=E6=98=AF=E6=9D=A5=E8=87=AA=E5=93=88=E5=B0=94I?=
=?utf-8?Q?=E7=9A=84=E5=8C=97=E6=96=B9=E5=A5=B3=E4=BA=BA?=

     923473126  

她是来自哈尔濱的北方女人

    http://bubozu.net/

      有一件事我们尚未提到,就是王二和他技术部的绝大多数同仁一祥,虽然现在做着技术工作,但是他们的生活并不是在工学院里开始的

           淑英连忙给翠环示意,叫她不要说话

        他恨不得把心剖出来给众人看 

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