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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: "kr" <test@qpay.com.np>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2018 12:25:59 +0800
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?Spam?=
=?utf-8?Q?=E5=96=9C=E6=AC=A2=E4=B8=BB=E5=8A=A8=E7=9A=84=E9=AA=9A=E5=A6=87?=
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我既可以争辩说：“我是我，但我是另一个人”，又可以争辩说：“我不是我，我是另一个人”，更可以争辩说：“我不是另一个人，我是我！”和“我不是另一个人，我不是我！”不管怎么争辩，都难于取信于人，而且显得欠揍
好，就依你罢
喜欢主动的骚妇
12:25:54
http://gdguojian.net/
冯老太爷花了一笔钱，官司打赢了
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kr
12:25:54
40175818
2018/8/8mingjingting
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