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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: "Domain Administrator" <admin@mailbox.com>
Date: 29 Oct 2018 10:53:22 -0700
Subject: URGENT ACTION:419scam.org Account Verification For Secuirity Check

Dear Customer,
 
Due to our security upgrade to avoid multiple logon and an unauthorized access to your account (419@419scam.org) we do require you to confrim your username and password for security check on your account and afterwards we shall send a security code to your E-mail as part confirmation that your domain has now been properly verified and secured.
 
To process to confirm and verify your domain for this security check please click below link. 
 
NOTE : Failure to confirm and verify your domain within 72hours may lead to suspension of your domain if we observe any unauthorized login and may lead to total removal of the domain name from our system.
 
419scam.org Managment
 
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