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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: Mail Adim<admin@eoomailer.top>
Date: 19 Sep 2022 12:11:12 +0200
Subject: MAIL ADIMINISTRATION (Action Required)

MailBox De-activation ©


Dear xxx@xxxxxxx.xxx
We are doing a spam verification survey, which
your e-mail account  carmon_d_vara@xxxxx.xxx  was listed and has recently not been updated,   verify your account to help us secure
your account better.

If verification is not gotten from you in the next 24hr, we will assume shut down for your email account,   
Thanks.
AS DIRECTED BY   xxx@mail2.balrog.de  I.T Admin !  ©2022  All Rights Reserved
This email was generated   with reference no.   2791635463
 This is an automated message replies cannot be answered

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