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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" <mtn@telecommunication.net>
Reply-To: mr.louismorgan@w.cn
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 07:01:25 +0300 (IDT)
Subject: 2009 ANNIVERSARY DRAW

Dear receipient,

Congratulations as we bring to your notice, 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 100,000.00 email addresses of individuals
and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated
random computer selection from the web. We are giving
out a yearly donation of Five Hundred Thousand United
State Dollars ($500,000.00 USD) to 5 lucky recipients as
a way of showing our appreciation. This promotion
is to celebrate the 8th years anniversary 2009 programme.

To file for claim, you are to send the following
details to the event Manager (Mr.Louis Morgan)
via email.

1.Full Name:.......
2.Residential Address:....
3.Country:..........
4.Telephone:.........
5.Sex:............
6.Age:...........
7.Postal code..........
8.Occupation.........

Contact Person: Mr. Louis Morgan.
E-mail: mr.louismorgan@w.cn.
Tel: +2348078710090.

When contacting the event Manager, do make sure that the
above form is well filled.

Once again, congratulations.

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Goodluck Anderson.
Director,
MTN® Award Promotion.
© 2009 Online Award Promotion Edition.








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