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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: "Tom Miller" <Member@ViralURL.com>
Date: 23 Oct 2023 09:59:40 -0000
Subject: [iVU] Hi Richie, Pre-Launch - URGENT - Join Now...

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Purchasing Opens on Tuesday, October 24th.

C'ya There!

Have a great week and shoot me any questions or comments.


To your online success


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up to 500 Guaranteed Visitors in 10 seconds! And even
if you don't win right away, we are counting your clicks
and you will receive 100 Guaranteed Visitors for every
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DISCLAIMER: We are not responsible for false or
misleading information sent from other members and
recommend investigating all offers thoroughly before
making any purchase decisions.

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By signing up as a ViralURL.com member on 06/27/2019
you agreed to receive this email at mrm-viralurl@antidata.co.
Your IP on signup was 51.9.200.107.

To stop getting further emails, you need to upgrade or
delete your ViralURL.com account by clicking here!

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The worlds largest & fastest growing Link Cloaker, Shortener & List Builder... ViralURL.com
Add2it.com Marketing Pty Ltd
c/o Colin Klinkert & Frank Bauer
Co-Founders of ViralURL.com

ID: 223719/291601

P.O. Box 290
Stanhope Gardens NSW 2768
Australia

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