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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: prabhu_c@hathway.com
Reply-To: claimsdeptmark101@live.com
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:31:53 -0700
Subject: Final Notice



YAHOO/REDIFFMAIL/GMAIL/AOL/MSN.

Top of the day to you.

For being a regular Web-User,Your email ID has won 750,000 GBP and a cheque has been submitted to INTER CARGO COURIER. Contact the courier company with your full info for claims

Email: david_mark_claims11@live.com

Telephone Number:+447010036857(Call to confirm)
Fax Number : +448573339013

Please use this as a subject of contact : PARCEL/NUM/1090.

Congratulations!!!
Bar.Reena Parkson
CUSTOMER CARE OFFICER
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