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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: test <winner@skype.com>
Reply-To: cashiergarfield@aol.com
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:36:45 -0600
Subject: **SPAM** Congratulations!!!

REF #: 73284294SA
BATCH #: SLSA-0385-SHI
TICKET #: 4278-8845-284
WEBSITE: www.skypepromouk.com

This is to inform you that you have won a prize of One Million Two Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars ($1,200,000.00) for the month of October, 2009 Prize promotion which is organized by Skype.Skype collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online,among the millions that subscribed to various websites. Six people are selected yearly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.

NOTE: The only fees you have to pay is the courier company fee which is $200.00.Contact the Comet Shipping Agency immediately to make arrangement on how to effect the delivery of your Winnings.

Cashier Philip Garfield
cashiergarfield@aol.com
Tel: +44 7035939320

Forward the below information to the agency:

FULL NAME:
DELIVERY ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBER/Fax:
COUNTRY:
OCCUPATION:
SEX:
AGE:

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN

Sincerely,
Miss. Beatrice Rubdez
Skype Awards Co-ordinator

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