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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: British Telecommunication <mrs.rosealbert1@att.net>
Reply-To: btclaim13@live.com
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:16:46 -0800 (PST)
Subject: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION AWARD""


>From The Office of British Telecommunications Award
81 Newgate Street London Ecia 7aj United Kingdom
 
Attn: Winner,
 
Your E-mail Address has won GBP500.000.00 in the 2010 British Telecommunication promotion for the first ever soccer world which will be held 2010 in South Africa,
To claim contact
 
Dr.Adrain Thomas
Foreign Service Manager
Tel: +447024032889
Email: btclaim12@live.com
 
Yours sincerely,
The Department Team
For The British Telecom Award

 

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