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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:38:18 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Contact Mr.Rice Cooke with (hyundaiclaims76@9.cn)

HYUNDAI AUTOMOBILE SUPPORT PROMO.
Customer Service Department

St. Johns Court - Easton Street
HP11 1JX - High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
United Kingdom


Reference Number: DF-100511
Batch Number: 074/05/ZY369



WINNING NOTIFICATION:


In the final draw of 9th day of July 2009 Your e-mail address attached
to Ticket Number: 8603775966738 with the following Winning Numbers: 6,
18, 40, 43, 47, 49, 32 (bonus no.32) has won you £500,000.00 G.B.P.
(Five Hundred thousand Great British Pounds) in the ongoing HYUNDAI
AUTOMOBILE 2009 awareness program lottery.
You are to contact Mr.Rice Cooke the fiduciary agent via email
(hyundaiclaims76@9.cn) Tel: +44-703-5979-396 with the information
stated below to validate your claims:


1.FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:
2.RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
3.DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:
4.PHONE/FAX NUMBERS:
5.NAME AND ADDRESS OF NEXT OF KIN:
6.SEX:
7.OCCUPATION:
8.MARITAL STATUS:
9.AMOUNT WON:
10.WINNING EMAIL:
11.NATIONALITY:


N.B. Your response should be sent to (hyundaiclaims76@9.cn) as email
sent to any other address will not be attended to.


Yours Sincerely
Vanessa Elena Ruiz
Announcer Hyundai Lottery


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