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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: Godaddy.com <dc@ucs.local>
Reply-To: <alphadc@eim.ae>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2021 01:21:57 -0800
Subject: Upgrade Email

Hello,
 
1969MB
 
 
2000MB
 
Our records show recently that your Mail Service Account is almost exceeded its limitand you may not be able to send or receive messages any moment from now,
 
To solve this problem, you must reset your account. In order to reset your account, please follow the link below to reset your account inaccordance with the following versions.
 
 
Note: If this process is not completed within some time your account will be suspended. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please move to inbox for reset when seen in junk or spam
 
Mailbox Team
Email Administrator
All Right Reversed 2021. (c)
 
 
 

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