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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: "sgbgeb" <test@qpay.com.np>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2018 23:10:38 +0800
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?Spam?=
=?utf-8?Q?=E6=8B=8D=E4=BA=86=E4=B8=80=E6=95=B4=E5=A4=A9=E7=9A=84=E7=85=A7?=
=?utf-8?Q?=E7=89=87?=
我还拿着打了两个洞的哲学家执照鬼混——用它还能把我舅舅的故事写完，以后怎么办，再想办法吧
她们来时，淑英们还在后面房里闲谈，等绮霞去报了信，这三姊妹才一起出去迎接她们的琴表姐
拍了一整天的照片
http://gdguojian.net/
她注意到淑英只穿了一件夹袄，觉得有些单薄，便说：“你应该多穿一件衣服，外面恐怕很凉
23:10:38
operations@peaceworks.net
sgbgeb
256675618
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