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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: YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY INC <imareri@fastwebnet.it>
Reply-To: mrgavenwalter@discuz.org
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 13:19:43 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: You Have A Cheque of Nine Hundred And Fifty ThousandG.B.P

This is to notify you that your email address has won a Cheque in the YAHOO/MS
N LOTTERY INC Email Draw in which e-mail addresses are picked randomly by comput
erised balloting, powered by the Internet. To claim your prize, please contact E
vent Manager on the email with the claims requirement listed below;
{CONTACT EVENTS MANAGER}
Name: Mr.Gaven Walter
E-mail:mrgavenwalter@discuz.org
Claims Requirements: 1.Full Name: 2.Home Address: 3.Age: 4.Gender: 5.Tel: 6.Occ
upation:
7.Country Of Residence: 8.Nationality:
***************************************
Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program.
Regards.
Miriam Gonzalez

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