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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: "Chase" <arch-schuehle@t-online.de>
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 23:09:14 +0000
Subject: Duplicate charge on your account


Dear Customer, =

We discovered multiple duplicates charges on your account on, 12/20/2019=
at 06:32 AM EST, this is an error from our
servers and we are doing everything possible to refund all charges to your=
account. We require additional information to proceed with your refund, =
as a precaution you will need to verify your details for us to complete the=
refund process back to your bank account through the below link. online.=
chase.com Our apologies for the inconvenience. This is a big deal to us t=
oo, and we will do what we can to help you and get your money refunded. S=
incerely, Online Banking Team This Alert was sent according to your set=
tings. To update your settings, log on to online.chase.com =

=

Please don't reply to this Alert.

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