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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: "sdhy" <test@qpay.com.np>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2018 19:46:35 +0800
Subject: =?gb2312?B?yae4vur+v6rE29GoyMPE49DAyc0=?=

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   19:46:31            http://gdguojian.net/

 

 

 

我说,心烦的时候,可以打打毛衣,做做习题

2018/8/9   

 

  hr01@had-best.com

“蕙表妹,事情已经至此,也无法挽回了,”他痛苦地说

“蕙表妹,事情已经至此,也无法挽回了,”他痛苦地说      他看了看淑英的激动的脸,她的脸上隐约地现出了渴望帮助的表情;他立刻想起另一件事:他觉得这个回答是不够的,他想她从他这里所希望得到的也许不是这样的话

 

 

 

他看了看淑英的激动的脸,她的脸上隐约地现出了渴望帮助的表情;他立刻想起另一件事:他觉得这个回答是不够的,他想她从他这里所希望得到的也许不是这样的话

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