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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: efccvol1 <efccvol1@datagrad.ru>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 05:20:10 +0400
Subject: UNCLAIMED LOTTO PRIZE PAYMENT NOTICE OF $ 2. 500,000,00DOLLAR VERY URGENT


UNCLAIMED LOTTO PRIZE PAYMENT NOTICE OF $ 2. 500,000,00DOLLAR VERY URGENT
SHELL PETROLEUM LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION IN COLLARBORATION WITH SHELL
PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY {SPDC}AND BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY. 9
Palmerston Crescent South Melbourne, Victoria 3205 Australia Ref: 575061725
Batch: 8056490902 Winning no: KB8701 CONGRATULATIONS!!! Dear Winner,
ATTENTION TO THE OWNER OF THIS EMAIL ADDRESS; Winner in the 2nd category of
our Shell Management free Net Lottery Promotional award draws held December
2009.I am writing in respect to your lotto winning prize of
$2,500,000,00(One million Five hundred thousand US Dollars only) which you
won through the email ballot draws in our Shell Management Lotto Award in
2009 in the second category prize winnings category. We wish to inform you
that your total prize money of $2,500,000.00 has been returned to us by our
Lotto claims delivery company as unclaimed prize after their initial letter
to your address for your payment was not
successful.You are here by
requested to contact our Treasury Officer on telephone number+2348072201421
or email:(mrthomasgreen90@hotmail.com)or (mrthomasgreenlink@rambler.ru) and
(mrthomasgreenlink@f-mail.net) for your immediate payment. Our Treasury
officer's name is Mr Thomas Green, So refer this to him and contact him
immediately for your unclaimed lotto prize payment to you.You should
contact our Treasury Officer as directed above for your payment, and do
notify me as soon as you received your payment from our Treasurer. Thanks,
Dr T S Bash President; Int'l Lotto Org. ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON
THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.WINNING RESULT MUST
BE KEPT SECRET TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIM WHICH WILL RESULT TO YOUR LOST OF
PACKAGE.

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