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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447024034916 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- otc44acc@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Annie Van Kijk <dmmgav@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: u228278055@maktoob.com
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 03:13:00 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Congratulations you are one of our lucky Winners.

Fondazione Giuseppe Di Vittorio
20-24 St. Leonard's Road
Windsor SL4 3BB, United Kingdom
Great Britain.

Dear Lucky Winner,

This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash Price of 2,000,000 Euros (Two Million Euros) from our International lotto programme held on the first quater of this year, 2010 in the United Kingdom. The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerised email selection system from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from various continents, Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 27522465896-6453 with serial number 3772-554, Ref. Number: 132/756/4509, Batch Number: 538901527-Bc68 drew lucky numbers 7-14-18-31-45 which consequently won in the 2nd category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of Two Million Euros.

Your email ID included among the 250,000 different email addresses where submitted by our partner international email provider companies Destroyers OnLine Crew Locator.

To file for your claim, please contact our (EU) foreign operations manager:
Name: Rick Anderson
Email: otc44acc@gmail.com
Tel:+447024034916

For payment, please do provide with the following informations:
1. Full Names:
2. Address:
3. Age:
4. Sex:
5. Marital Status:
6. Occupation:
7. Country of Residence:
8. Nationality:
9. Telephone Number:
10. Fax Number:
11. Draw Number:

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Yours Sincerely,
Ms. Annie Van Kijk (co-ordinator)
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