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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: claims@winners-peugeot.co.cc
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:59:03 +0800
Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?B?WW91IFdvbiCjMzAw?=,000 GBP And A Car!

PEUGEOT AUTOMOBILES PROMOTION
Peugeot Auto-mobiles headquaters
Essex, PE9 2YP, London
United Kingdom.
Secret Pin No: PGA00111234
Reference Number PGA:12058006/09

This is to inform you that your Email address has just won you the sum of
£300,000.00 GBP (Three Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds) and the new
2008 model Peugeot 407 Car,From the International online email lottery
programs held today in London, United Kingdom. To begin the processing of
your prize you are to contact the remittance department with the email
address provided below through our accredited Prize Transfer agents as
stated below:

Mr. Louis Alfred,
E-mail: claims@winners-peugeot.co.cc
Tell: +44 701 113 3713
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Contact him with your secret pin code PGA00111234 and your reference
number PGA: 12058006/09.You are also advised to provide him with the under
listed information as soon as possible:

Claims Requirements:
1. full Name:.
2. Address:.
3. Sex/Age:.
4. Nationality:.
5. Occupation:.
6. Phone/Fax:.
7. Country:.

Congratulations once again!
With Best Regards
Mr. Weller Milla
Lottery Promotion Manager

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