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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: "PRIZEAWARD UK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nvlotto@yahoo.cn>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:44:31 +0100
Subject: YOU WON CALL TO CONFIRM

INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT
WINNING INFORMATIONS:
REF Number: RE-A2-31-IL-GI-04-2011
BATCH No: UO-S1-50-08-IV-UK
TICKET No:14-18-19-31-37
SERIAL No:14-04-01-12-06
LUCKY No: 4-27-32-46-50-8-9
Amount Won: 2,000,000.00 Euros
The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advance dautomated random computer search from the internet. No tickets were sold.
To file in for the processing of your prize winnings, you are advised to contact our Certified and Accredited claims agent for category "A"winners with the information below:
***************************************************
contact: Mr. John Williams
Phone:+44 702 405 8078
Fax: +44 705 361 9724
email: nvlotto@yahoo.cn
****************************************************
You are advice to pro vide him with the following information and a copy of your international passport or driver's license via email attachment or by fax for vetting process which is a standard practice just to ensure that we are dealing with the right individual.
1. FULL NAMES:
2. ADDRESS:
3. NATIONALITY:
4. TEL/FAX NUMBERS:
6. SEX:
7. AGE:
8. OCCUPATION:
 
Sincerely yours,
Mrs Susan Jones
Lottery Coordinator

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