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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: "MTN Telecommunication Network" <info@mtn.net>
Reply-To: mr.paulbenson@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:44:10 +0300 (IDT)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?MTN=AE_Award_Promotion?=

MTN Telecommunication Network.
(Everywhere you go)
AMOUNT WON: $1,000.000.00 usd
Ticket No:MTN/V/Card/0803/1800
Notification Date:26/08/2009
Winning No:M/V/card/181/2008

Dear Beneficiary,
Congratulations The MTN mobile telecommunication network service has
choosen you by the board of executive directors as one of the final
recipients of a cash Grant/Donation.The online cyber draws was conducted
from an exclusive list of 100,000 email addresses of individuals and
corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer selection
from the web.This promotion is to celebrate the 9th years anniversary 2009
programme,We are giving out a yearly donation of $1,000.000.00 USD to 10
lucky recipients as a way of showing our appreciation. You are to provide
your
information to the Event Adminstrator in order to file your claim.

1.Full Name:.......
2.Residential Address:....
3.Country:......
4.Occupation:......
5.Telephone:....
6.Sex:....
7.Age:....
10.Winning No:.....

CONTACT EVENT ADMINISTRATOR.
Contact Person: Mr Paul Benson
Email:mr.paulbenson@yahoo.com.hk
Tel:+234 70 3373 5748
MTN Claims Department

Secretary
Mr George Jones
MTN® Award Promotion
© 2008 Online Award Promotion Edition






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