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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: "wafo" <advertising@quotesin.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2018 08:52:58 +0800
Subject: =?gb2312?B?vMXEr8mnxt7S+bW0tcS62sS+tvrLrs30zfQ=?=

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   寂寞骚妻淫荡的黑木耳水汪汪

    http://lasenzhuang.net/

 

 

 

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他们就说:我们认为你不必上班,就住在医院里吧

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她爱笑,笑起来的时候颊上便现出两个很可笑的酒窝hosanna@carib-link.net

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他答应第二天再来

 

8:53:06

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