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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: "Alliance International Net Award in collaboration with Lotto.nl
b.v" <AllianceNet@AllianceNet.org >
Reply-To: staatclaims02@aol.com
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:06:17 +0200
Subject: For more Info:Contact: Dr. M Mejia

Attn: Email ID Owner,
Batch nr: SPYU6868, Ref.nr: 5687SPL876.
To file for claim, email your: Full Name,
Tel number, Occupation, Age, country,           
winning Email:-
***********************************
For further details: Contact: Dr. Mike Mejia.
Email: staatclaims02@aol.com
Tel: +31- 614 856 624 Fax: +31- 847 549 511
***********************************
Your email ID emerged among recipients of
1,500,000 Euro each in our online email
ballot sweepstakes for Internet users.

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