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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: POWERUP LENDING FIRM <paola.felix@fmpt.cdmx.gob.mx>
Reply-To: POWERUP LENDING FIRM <nancysandrahouseofloans@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 22:38:57 -0600 (CST)
Subject: X-MAS LOAN OFFER,APPLY NOW!!!





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La informacion contenida en este correo, asi como la contenida en los documentos anexos, puede contener datos personales, por lo que su difusion es responsabilidad de quien los transmite y quien los recibe, en términos de lo dispuesto por las fracciones II y VII del articulo 4, ultimo parrafo del articulo 8, articulo 36 parrafo II, 38 fraccion I y demas aplicables de la Ley de Transparencia y Acceso a la Informacion Publica del Distrito Federal.
Los Datos Personales se encuentran protegidos por la Ley de Proteccion de Datos Personales del Distrito Federal, por lo que su difusion se encuentra tutelada en sus articulos 2, 5, 16, 21, 41 y demas relativos y aplicables, debiendo sujetarse en su caso, a las disposiciones relativas a la creacion, modificacion o supresion de datos personales previstos. Asimismo, debera estarse a lo señalado en los numerales 1 , 3, 12, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 29, 35 y demas aplicables de los Lineamientos para la Proteccion de Datos Personales en el Distrito Federal.
En el uso de las tecnologias de la informacion y comunicaciones del Gobierno del Distrito Federal, debera observarse puntualmente lo dispuesto por la Ley Gobierno Electronico del Distrito Federal, la ley para hacer de la Ciudad de Mexico una Ciudad Mas Abierta, el apartado 10 de la Circular Uno vigente y las Normas Generales que deberan observarse en materia de Seguridad de la Informacion en la Administracion Publica del Distrito Federal.

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