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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: officialagency@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 08:35:58 -0430
Subject:




REF: SR000847
CONGRATULATION SELECTED WINNER,

The Paypal Payback raffle draw conducted in Octorber 29th, 2011. and the
results have just been released today.

And we wish to announce to you that you have been selected as one of the
lucky winners of Paypal Promotion End Of Year Raffle draw with a Ticket
No:A0258176X, REF: SR000847.

Your E-Mail was selected from a Data Base of Internet Email Users, from
which your Address came out as the winning coupon Which making you the
winner of the total Prize of ONE MILLION POUNDS STERLING (£1,000,000.00
GBP).

We collects all the email addresses of the people that are active on-line,
so among the millions that subscribed to the Internet, we only select five
people every End Of Year as our lucky winners through the electronic
balloting System without you the winner applying for,we congratulate you
for being among the lucky once selected.


How do I claim my prize?

All claim will be verified by our agent company, you are there fore
require to send corresponding mail notice for claim to our Agent with the
information along with the below details:

Full Name:
Full Address:
Sex:
Age:
Workable Phone Number:
Nationality:
Country of Resident:
Occupation:
State you live in:
Preferred Mode Of Claim COURIER OR BANK.....?

Upon confirmation of your status, your prize funds will made available for
payment.

Contact Claim Agent Company: ROYAL BOB HILTON AND SECURITIES

Claims Agent Name: Mr.Peterson Moore
Email: officialagency@hotmail.co.uk
Congratulation again and we wish you more chances.

Herndez Francisco Adri
Europe Organizing Committee.

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