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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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Fraud email example:

From: Susan Taylor <info@edmlink.info>
Reply-To: Susan Taylor <susan.taylordata@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 May 2023 08:05:17 +0000
Subject: RE: Follow up


Unlimited LinkedIn contacts from your target audience(any city
across the globe/any industry/any titles) with
their LinkedIn profile link, name, title, email address, company
name, city, company size etc.
You can specify, titles -      industry -        company size
-          Geography-      
FREE samples we can share from this target criteria.
We will verify contacts and deliver you only verified contacts with
90% accuracy.
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report, clicks and opens. 
Thank you and let me know.
Susan Taylor
Business Development Manager
Global LinkedIn Database
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