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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: "west morgan" <westmorgan18@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: onceclaimagent@aim.com
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:36:32 -0800
Subject: KINDLY CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT.

Dear Winner.

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice the result of once
promo Award promotion. We are happy to inform you that your email
address have emerged a winner of one million Euros
(1,000,000.00) Euros.
NOTE: to file for your claim, please contact the claim agent
below on email.
OFFICE
LOTERIA TRUST AGENCY S.L
Mr.PAUL VANFRANT
Emails:onceclaimagent@aim.com
Tel:+34646468264

Find below your promotion date, Reference and Batch numbers. Remember
to quote these numbers in your correspondence with your claims agent
Mr.PAUL VANFRANT

REFERENCE NUMBER: LSLUK/2031/8156/06
BATCH NUMBER: 15/051/IPD/ES
Lucky Number: 2-5-0-4-9
CLAIMS REQURIEMENTS:
1.Name in full
2.Address
3.Nationality
4.Age
5.Sex
6.Occupation
7Phone
8Fax
9.Present Country
Please note that you will be required to pay for the issurance of
your legal back up legalization/notarization document in court.
NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 14 days,Anybody
under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being
part of our promotions program.
Sincerely Yours,
Mrs.HELLEN MORGAN
THE PROMOTION COORDINATOR.
http://loteria.com/once.php

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