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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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Fraud email example:

From: "CLEARIFICATION OFFICE" <info@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: barristerjamesharry@rocketmail.com
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:22:51 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Attn:WINNER


AWARD DEPARTMENT.
P O Box 1010,L70 1NL Liverpool,
UNITED KINGDOM(Customer Services)
Ref: FER/4690/6103/24Batch:245-379-482
Winning No:701/RMD123

NOTIFICATION Attn:WINNER

We happily announce to you the draw of the Bono Lottery International
Program held on the 18th of August 2008. Your name "email address"
was attached to ticket number; 12324277 serial number 6663817262 This
batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 2-9-22-23-24-30 bonus number5,

which consequently won the lottery in the second category.

You hereby have been approved lump sum pay of £1,800,000.00 (ONE
MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS) file Ref:FER/8309/1209/26 from
the total cash prize of 18,000,000.00 shared amongst ten lucky winners
contact your claims agent with the following informations.
FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
COUNTRY:
PHONE NUMBER (S):
GENDER:
MARITAL STATUS:
AGE:
GENDER:
NATIONALITY:
OCCUPATION:
PLEASE CONTACT
BARR .JAMES HARRY
EUROPEAN UNION INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS
Email:barristerjamesharry@rocketmail.com
Tel: +447045753969

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your
prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
dual claiming and unwarranted taking advantage
Best Regards
BARRISTER JOHN PETER
Co-coordinator.

-- Sent at 15:27:51 on 08/19/08 through NITK (http://www.nitk.ac.in/) Email Gateway . AV scanning & Spam checking are done on this mail --


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