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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: "EXXON MOBIL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <vameer@w.cn>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 03:19:00 +0800
Subject: YOU WON EXXON MOBIL LOTTERY

FROM THE DESK OF THE EXXON MOBIL MALAYSIA
{EXXON MOBIL MALAYSIA}
G.03B, Ground Floor, Kompleks Antarabangsa,
Jln Sultan Ismail,50250 Kuala Lumpur

OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION!

Award numbers: MY 62/7811
Email ticket numbers: MY901/33/65
Batch numbers: MY44/707/3PDH /EU
The file reference numbers: HL/8121/31/11/MYMB
Serial Numbers: MYST/030/NL0981

It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise but
please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your
success in the following official publication of results of the E-mail
electronic online Sweepstakes organized by Exxon Mobil in
Month of 03/16/2010 in Malaysia.

Where in your electronic email address emerged as one of the online
winning emails in the 1st category and therefore attracted a cash award of
USD$500,000,00 (Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only).

For verification purpose is sure to include:

(1) Your mailing address:.............
(2) Your Tel (Mobile):...........
(3) Your Nationality/Country:...........
{4} Your Full Names:...........
{5} Your Age:...........
{6} Your Occupation:...........
{7} Your Winning Email:...........
{8} Your Identification I D:...........

To file for your claim,Please CONTACT:
*******************************************************************
FOREIGN PROCESSING AND APPROVAL MANAGER
Name: Peter Vameer
Tel: +60 143 457 907
Fax: +60 376 008 522
Email:vameer@w.cn
********************************************************************
CONGRATULATIONS!

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Aisha Azzi
(CO-ORDINATOR)

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