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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: "Mrs. Mahdiyah Umniyah." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <internlawarddept@aim.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 01:08:43 +0800
Subject: Call To Confirm.

E-LOTTERY ASIA.
HEAD OFFICE
29B, Subang Jaya,
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
Attn: Dear Sir/Madam

We are pleased to inform you that your email address is
attached to an E-ticket of winning a lump sum of One
million, five hundred thousand united states dollars
(US$1,500,000.00) from the E-Lottery Asia draws. You
won in the first category of winning information.

Reff number......................EL3/9318/04
Batch number.....................EL-20
ticket number....................EL-1944
Serial number....................EL-15542
Lucky numbers....................20-2-39-4-7-66

To file for your claim, send your winning and contact
information to the Lottery Director.

Mr. Habib Abdul Hakeem
E-Lottery Company Asia
TEL: +60142479962
Email: intlawarddept@aim.com

Remember all winning must be claimed not later than two
weeks after first notification. Also note in order to avoid
unnecessary delays and Complications, kindly quote
your reference and batch numbers in all correspondence.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and
thank you for being part of our promotional Program.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Mahdiyah Umniyah.
For Management.

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