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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: "hoa" <test@qpay.com.np>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 09:59:48 +0800
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?Spam?=
=?utf-8?Q?=E8=BF=87=E4=B8=AA=E5=B9=B4=E8=BF=87=E5=82=BB=E4=BA=86=E3=80=82?=
=?utf-8?Q?=E5=93=A5=E5=93=A5=E8=A6=81?=

      过个年过傻了。哥哥要

   9:59:50            http://gdguojian.net/

 

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2018/8/13     zhuli@nbu.edu.cn

”淑贞想止住哭,却不能控制自己的感情,她把头靠在琴的胸前,断断续续地说:“你不晓得妈的脾气

”淑贞想止住哭,却不能控制自己的感情,她把头靠在琴的胸前,断断续续地说:“你不晓得妈的脾气      我会保护你的

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