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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: "Facebook" <notification@facebookmail.com>
Date:
Subject:


Dobrý deň, Martin Matula.

Prihlásili ste sa do aplikácie iDates a zdieľali informácie z Facebooku

Martin Matula, nedávno ste s iDates zdieľali informácie, keď ste sa 23. novembra 2022 o 17:53 prihlásili cez Facebook. Kedykoľvek môžete zmeniť informácie, ktoré zdieľate, alebo aplikáciu odstrániť.

S iDates ste zdieľali nasledujúce informácie:

Ak chcete vedieť, ako si zabezpečiť účet, navštívte Centrum pomoci.

ÄŽakujeme,
Tím Facebooku



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https://www.facebook.com/o.php?k=AS3MoVOOGUP_WRefAMg&u=100008005235405&mid=5ee25d59c6f5dG5af4eda072cdG5ee261f205beaG1318&ee=AY2i4IR9ThGTT17VU49f23h0KdSx3AENF3ZcIvAORFvQkAiHxO2oASOYlELxZTI2qbHsWRauhpr4rdC4dnphi6A
Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., Attention: Community Operations, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland


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