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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: "AIAM LOTTERY DRAW" (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:33:54 +0100
Subject: Re: Letter: Congratulations!/AIAM Lottery Winner/Reply urgently!

FROM MRS. ADANNA EZENNA DESK. 
WINNING NUMBERS:37-13-43-85-67-11.BV
REF:AIAM/X99-83X/2010
BATCH:S7151085135
http://loteria.abc.es/
CONGRATULATIONS!!
WE ARE PLEASE TO ANNOUNCE TO YOU AS ONE OF THE 10 LUCKY WINNERS IN THE ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS (AIAM)
LOTTO 2010 FIRST QUATER DRAW. ALL 10 WINNING ADDRESSES WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED FROM A BATCH OF 50,000,000 INTERNATIONAL EMAILS DURING THE
 
SPANISH AUTO EXHIBITION FAIR. YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS EMERGED ALONGSIDE 9 OTHERS AS A CATEGORY ONE WINNER IN THIS YEAR'S ANNUAL AIAM LOTTO
 
DRAW. CONSEQUENTLY, YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED FOR A TOTAL PAY OUT OF $7,000,000.00USD (SEVEN MILLION U.S. DOLLARS)
DUE TO MIX UP OF SOME NUMBERS AND NAMES, WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP YOUR WINNING INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL YOUR CLAIM HAS BEEN PROCESSED
 
AND YOUR MONEY REMITTED TO YOU. PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL OUR CLAIM AGENT WITH THE BELOW DETAILS FOR THE PROCESSING OF YOUR CLAIMS:
CLAIMS AGENT: MR. RICHARD SMITH
E-MAIL: claim.agent@inMail.sk
TEL: +234 (805) 480 3209
INDICATING YOUR:
1. FULL NAME:
2. FULL ADDRESS:
3. TELEPHONE:
4. REFERENCE NUMBER:
YOUR REFERENCE NUMBER IS: AIAM/X99-83X/2010
PLEASE REMEMBER TO QUOTE THE ABOVE REFERENCE NUMBER WHEN CONTACTING YOUR CLAIM AGENT. WE WISH TO CONGRATULATE YOU ONCE AGAIN OVER YOUR
WINNING AS WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE IN MAKING THE WORLD A PEACEFUL PLACE FOR HUMAN RACE. AND ALSO, ALL WINNING MUST BE CLAIM
THERE FUND NOT LATER THAN 15 DAYS. AFTER THIS DATE ALL UNCLAIMED FUNDS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT STAKE. PLEASE NOTE IN ORDER TO AVOID
UNNECESSARY DELAYS AND COMPLICATIONS PLEASE QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE NUMBER AND YOUR BATCH NUMBERS IN ALL CORRESPONDENCE.
YOURS SINCERELY,
MRS. ADANNA EZENNA.

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