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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: "priza Award" <H.Gayton@uea.ac.uk>
Reply-To: payoffice101@aim.com
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 08:19:54 -0000 (GMT)
Subject: Dear Internet User,

Dear Internet User,
In Regards to the Raffle draw held you are a winner in our Lottery Program.
with a cash prize of €1,000,000 Euros.You have been an active users of the
Internet/web.contact officer below for the said information YOUR DATA
PROFILE:
1.Name: 2.Address: 3.Occupation: 4.Tel: 5. Sex: 6. Age: 7. Country:
Mr.Rene VAN HOFFMAN
Email:payoffice101@aim.com
Tel:+31-684-455-145
Amsterdam. The Netherlands
Yours Faithfully,
Jeroen Van veen
Lottery Coordinator.


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