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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: "Mr. O'Reily Brendan Patrick" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <japanjumbodraw1@aim.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 16:54:20 +0800
Subject: Your Ref: TFR/9900034943/JPT

5-3, Yaesu 1-Chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 100-8994, Japan
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Ref: TFR/9900034943/JPT
Batch: FR/45-300-07
Ticket: BAN101Q

ATTN: WINNER ,

We have received your claims email, based on this, your prize money shall be remitted to you accordingly.
Various Mobile Numbers where been selected from around Asia, Such as Batelco, Mobicom of Mongolia,
Fiji Vodafone ,MTC - Voda`fone of Bahrain, Etisalat and Du of UAE, Qatar Telecom of Qatar, GTO of Oman
and Mobilink, Paktel, Telenor Ufone and Warid all of Pakistan,Vodafone and Optus (Singtel) of Australia,
Eronet and PTT BiH (BH Telekom) of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The online draws was conducted by a random selection of Mobile Numbers from an exclusive list of 1000,000 mobile leads of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from Australia, New Zealand, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa as part of International Promotions Program, which is to be conducted annually in Tokyo,Japan

On behalf of the Management and Staffs of Japan Jumbo Draw, we officially congratulate you as the
beneficiary of the cash prize o f $2,000,000(Two Million United State Dollars). Do fill out the required form below and your cheque will be issued in your name The order is. .
Surname :- / First name:-/ Other names.


FULL NAMES:

ADDRESS/COUNTRY:

AGE:

OCCUPATION:

MOBILE/TEL/FAX:

EMAIL:



Accept our congratulations.
Sincerely,
Fiduciary Agent,
Mr. O'Reily Brendan Patrick
Email: japanjumbodraw1@aim.com

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