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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: matt@thecadgroup.com
Date: 30 Dec 2019 18:36:59 -0800
Subject: I will share the videos with your contacts


Hi,

The last time you visited a pornographic website with young
teenagers, you downloaded and automatically installed spying
software that I created. My program has turned on your cαmera
and recorded the act of ur mαsturbatίon and the vίdeo you were
watching while mαsturbating. I also got your contact lists,
phone numbers, emails, social media contacts. I have the
yungfos.mp4 video file with ur mαsturbatioɳ and a file with all
your contacts on my hard drive. If you want me to delete both
files and keep your secret, you must seɳd me the Bitcoin
pαyʍent. I give you lαst 72 houɼs to trαnsfer the funds.

Amount: 0.14 Bit-Coin (approximately)

Bit-Coin Address Part 1: 1DKnE3JaVaSSg3

Bit-Coin Address Part 2: Ghg3S61a1yatRrstpdvj

Important: You must put the two parts together (Bit-Coin Address
Part 1+Bit-Coin Address Part 2) with no spaces between them. You
may also save that somewhere not to lose the details.

Quick tip! You can buy Bit-Coin from Paxful. Use Google to find
it.

Next time you cover your cameras, somebody may watch it! Limit
yourself to one time per month if you can`t go completely NoFap.

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