PREDICTIVE 419 AND WEST AFRICAN SCAM PROTECTION DATABASE AND INFORMATION - NIGERIAN SCAM SOURCESWe monitor enquiries through @antibes.co.uk email addresses and often see West African scam activity. We protect our email suscribers from scam enquiries using predictive data compiled from the information below. We can advise businesses who are trading with West Africa to discriminate IP numbers from which signs of undesirable activity appear to have originated. We can also provide protection to hotels, travel and tourist companies who are particularly targeted by Nigerian scams.IP BLACKLISTINGPredictive protectionThe following IP numbers are machine generated and unchecked list from which we have detected possible signs of scammer activity since last night. Any repetitions are a measure of the activity of the source. The source of our data suggests that scam emails are likely to be sent through Yahoo from these numbers within the next fortnight, and commercial activity from these number for instance on Ebay should be approached with caution.NB Whilst we beleive our data to be a reliable guide these IP numbers are provided for guidance only and should not be taken to be definitive without further detailed investigation.
IP numbers of concern to those researching West African, Nigerian and 419 Scam sourcesThe following IP numbers have been of particular concern to others: unless they feature elsewhere in our lists on this page, they may not represent a current issue. Unless showing elsewhere on this page, they may or may not have been identified by us as this page is maintained dynamically on a day-to-day basis. Subscribers to our services receive long-term data.
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