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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: "Ningbo Aole" <aole@hamdard.net.pk>
Reply-To: hamilton.claimsoffice01@googlemail.com
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:41:16 +0500
Subject: Confirm Your Ningbo Aole Id


Attn: Winner
You won the sum of $485,000.00 and a Brand New 2007 BMW x5 car in our
monthly sweepstakes,from the just concluded March 10th NiNgbo Lottery
Promo, you are hereby advice to contact the claims agent to claim your
prize. For Claims Contact the following person. MICROS ID ( PLD-29103-
LGT-901GH-9JL ) When contacting the claims agent you should include the
following if you must get a response from him;

*** Your Full Name
*** Address
*** Phone number
*** Age
*** Gender
*** Occupation
*** Winning email and Micros ID

Contact Person.
Dr Hamilton Shaw
Email:hamilton.claimsoffice01@googlemail.com
+ 44 701 1134 077
Regards,
Signed,
Mrs, Li Haicang (Sec.)
NINGBO AOLE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE CO.,Lt

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