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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: "Alarmas Verisure" <noreply@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2020 22:35:28 -0300
Subject: AYUDA PYME BASES DE DATOS PARA PYMES Y EMPRESAS

 
tildes omitidas intencionalmente
 
Buenos días junto con saludarles ofrezco nuestras bases de datos que son sacadas directamente de sofofa y otras paginas estan actualizadas con nombre ,cargo,telefono y correo son totalmente de gerentes, profesionales ,
Directores de empresa todos los rubros etc...
Estos son momentos complicados que vive el Pais por ,lo mismo estan en promocion el valor de estas antes era de $99.000 hoy a solo $25.000.
Son mas de 200.000 profesionales ,normalmente se usan para hacer publicidad mediante emailmarketing y por wsp o llamar directamente.
 
whatsapp+56982296468
 
Ademas enviamos tu publicidad a todos los contactos por cortesia durante 30 dias.
 
usuario: demo
clave: demo2020
 
Valor Promocion quedate en casa. $25.000
 
Saludos.
 
remover: responder asdunto: 2020
 

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