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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: "RICHARD K LlYODS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <michaellexington@live.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:27:49 +0100
Subject: YOUR EMAIL HAVE WON CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!

Dear E-mail Bearer,
This is to inform you that your email has won a consultation prize of the Euro Millions Lottery EMAIL DRAW

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,000000 {One Pounds Sterling's)in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of £15,000000( Fifteen million pounds
sterling's)shared amongst the(15)lucky winners in this category. All
participants for the online version were selected randomly from World
Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000 unions,associations, and corporate bodies that are listed
online.

Present your information as required below.

1. Full name................
2. Present Address..........
3. Country..................
4. Telephone Number.........
5. Fax Number...............
6. Marital Status...........
7. Occupation...............
8. Age......................
9. Sex......................
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
Mr Michael Lexington.
Email:michaellexington@gmail.com
Tel:+447045-740-682
Tel:+447045-774-311
Yours faithfully,

Richard Llyods

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