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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. Sabrina Hernan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sabrinhernan1970@w.cn>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 07:44:15 +0100
Subject: <<<<<CONGRATULATIONS>>>>>

Dear Winner

Your Electronic Promotion price ($1,200.000.00) has been approved for
payment from the 2011 Western union International Promotion Award
Programs, your email has been short-listed amongst others.
Participants were selected through a computer based ballot system draw
from over 8,300,000.00 telephone directories and email addresses
(individual and company names) from all over the globe as part of
Appreciating global support of our successfully yearly wire services

You have therefore, been approved for a lump sum payment of
($1,200.000.00) , which is the winning payout for second category
winners. This is from the total cash of $42,000.000.00 shared among
the ten (25) international winners in the second category.

Please be informed that the above mentioned prize money is now in the
wire system of our payee agent bank insured with your
winning details which won the prize, therefore you should without
delay contact your claim agent for immediate processing of
your payment and subsequent remittance to your nominated bank account
in any country of your choice.

Based on the above, it is imperative to contact your claim/paying
agent with YOUR FULL NAME, ADDRESS, COUNTRY,
TELEPHONE, AGE, OCCUPATION, SEX, ANY FORM OF YOUR IDENTITY

Western union claim/paying Agent : Mr. Lucas .B. Douglas
E-mail: wuco@fastservice.com

NOTE: In other to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
always quote your reference and batch numbers
provided below in your correspondences with your claim agent.

Reference Number: GNL-JKT-7711 & Batch Number: 63T-BTL78-SAV99




Congratulation once again,



Best regard,

Mrs. Sabrina Hernan.

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