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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: "dhvkvjk" <advertising@quotesin.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2018 19:11:03 +0800
Subject: =?gb2312?B?xqjGqLDX?=

但是读了一冬思辨哲学以后,出了一件古怪的事:有一天早上他对我说,我有五块钱,花了三块,怎么只剩了两块了?出于对他智力的尊敬,我犹豫着回答道:你说你有五块钱?对呀

陈先生,你不看见蕙表姐的事情?他父亲做得出来,爹也就做得出来

 

             23730094     屁屁白

            9702856                 http://hantong123.com/

992

她知道她的父亲不是为了寻常的事情来找她的,她从他的带怒的面容上也可以猜到他要对她说的话

19:11:04          

service@outsoo.com

dhvkvjk

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