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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: edgo@cyg.net
Date: 28 Sep 2023 04:17:29 +0200
Subject: Your Webmail storage is almost full. You have 984.5 MB left of 50 GB total storage.

Reports on Incoming Pending Email Message Delivery

The storage limit for email accounts has been surpassed, with 99.9 percent of the storage capacity indicated when the account was created being used. According to the third message, your email has used up all of your storage space.

What should you do?
Please login to your webmail via edgo@cyg.net portal.

https;//webmail.cyg.net/mailbox?user=edgo@cyg.net?storagequota=99%


After you've logged in, either delete or archive any emails you don't need, then delete the originals.

-- 
edgo@cyg.net  Support Department

When your mailbox's allotted capacity is exceeded, the server generates this notification automatically. To address this issue, please follow the instructions in the email or contact your network administrator.

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