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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: "Micro Lotto SA" (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:25:29 +0200
Subject: You have won $2,000,000(Contact the claim agent)

Congratulation. Your email address emerged as one of the online winning emails in the 1st category and therefore attracted a cash award of USD$2,000,000.00. Program was organized by Microsoft, in conjunction with the promotion of software products in South Africa and United Kingdom.
Your Email Attached to Batch numbers: MC11/834/5PDH /EU. Reference numbers: HL/5564/40/07/MICS For prize claiming, Call your claiming agent Rev. Fred Brukes, Solid Rock Finance Ltd. Tel: +27 74 114 7691. Email: solidrockfinsltd@gmail.com Alternative Email:solidrockfinancesltd@jmail.co.za

Provide the following information.

NAME:
ADDRESS:
NATIONALITY:
SEX:
AGE:
PHONE:
FAX:
OCCUPATION:
COMPANY:
BATCH:

CONGRATULATIONS!

Yours Faithfully
Mr. Mark Van Dijk

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