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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 DEVELOPMENT." <info@msn.co.uk>
Reply-To: msnclaimsdepertment@w.cn
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:33:12 +0300
Subject: Ref Number:CMLC-L/F56-554562.


YAHOO/MSN/LOTTERY DEVELOPMENT.
Baley House, Har ,Road Sutton,
Greater London SM1 4te
United Kingdom.

Attn. Lucky Winner,

We are pleased to inform you that you have emerged as a winner of Year
(2011) Chevron International lottery Programs. Your email address was
selected by our Electronic Random Selection System (ERSS) from an
exclusive list of 30,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate
bodies generated from an internet resource database.No tickets were sold.

Your email address is identified with Batch Number: CMLC-993-2011 and
Ticket Number: PL 3917 /2011- 11 in Category "C" and your claims portfolio
is filled with Ref Number:CMLC-L/F56-554562. You are therefore advised to
receive a cash prize of £1,000,000.00 Pounds from the total
payout.

To claim your prize, please contact our Certified and Accredited claims
agent for category "C" winners with the information below:
*************************************
Name: DAVID WILLIAM.
TEL: +447014240591
TEL: +447010051973
E-mai: msnclaimsdepertment@w.cn
*************************************
Endeavour to provide him with the following
information in your contact with him.

(1.)....FULL NAME ................................
(2.)....FULL ADDRESS .............................
(3).....NATIONALITY. .............................
(4).....AGE.......................................
(5).....OCCUPATION...............................
(6).....TELEPHONE NUMBER........................
(7).....DATE OF WINNING NOTIFICATION............
(8).....SEX.....................................
(9).....TOTAL AMOUNT WON................
(10)...MARITAL STATUS .....................
(11)...EMAIL ADDRESS........................

You are to keep all lotto information confidential,
especially yourreference and ticket numbers.

Yours Faithfully,

Mr DAVID WILLIAM Anthony.
Lottery Co-ordinator

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