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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: "Mrs.Kate Goih" <autoprima@hathway.com>
Reply-To: agentlarryhans@aol.nl
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:39:42 +0000
Subject: Confirm Your Winning!!

Confirm Your Winning!!

In line with the weekly sweepstakes of the above named organization h=
eld on the 3rd of March,2010.It is our pleasure to inform you that yo=
ur e-mail=20
address attached to Ref Number: BVMSA/2690/023/02,Batch Number:20/333=
/MBV,Ticket No.215479623658-204,and Award No.LCT/06,08,10 came=20
up in the first category.This invariably means that you have emerged =
as the prize recipient in the first category with an allocated sum of=
: 1,000.000.00 euro=20
(One Million euros only).Be informed that all participants were selec=
ted from a random computing ballot system,you do not have to buy tick=
et in this=20
program .This charitable sweepstakes is sponsored by a group of corpo=
rate organizations and the Netherlands=92 Ministries of Culture and S=
ports.=20
For further inquiries and claim,do contact our accredited agent on th=
e below informations:

Name: Dr.Larry Hans=20
(Foreign Srvice Manager).=20
TEL: 0031-684-972-526.
Email:agentlarryhans@aol.nl

You are advise to provide him with the following informations:
Your Names:
Phone number:
Fax number:
Nationality:

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Kate Goih,
Public Relation Officer.

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