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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: =?utf-8?B?IkxhZGlzbGF2IEFuZHLvv70i?= <ladislav.andrs@iol.cz>
Reply-To: infoshell@aim.com
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:19:35 GMT
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON




INTERNATIONAL CASINO ONLINE LOTTERY AND PROMOTIONS.
GASTRITIS 264, AMSTERDAM,
THE NETHERLANDS.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT,
WWW.casino.nl

WINNING NUMBER: EPW-11/221/122.

This is to notify you that your email address has won you the sum of (One Million Euros) from the International Casino Online Lottery promotions. All the E-mail addresses were selected from a data base of internet e-mail users which your e-mail address came out as the winning coupon. The Expiring date of your winning prize is 30th of October, 2008. Contact our claims Agent with your Winning number above.

International Casino Online Lottery Agency.
Miss. Gillian Luz.
Director of winning claim department.
TEL: +31-630-800-322
E-MAIL: lottobv001@aim.com

Mrs. Eli Kuper.
Promotion Award Co-Coordinator.

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