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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: "Mozilla Firefox, Yahoo and Window Live" <test@beca.rs>
Reply-To: <frankdavid@maktoob.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:05:49 -0500
Subject: Re: CONGRATULATION DEAR LUCKY WINNER!!!

Dear Winner,

We the Mozilla Firefox and Yahoo Window Live have to congratulate you for been our 2012 lucky winner of the year. We are hereby happy to inform you that you emerge as one of the winners in the lucky pick of email address on the web. You have won 900,000 BGP after we did our open ballot. To claim your prize please call our claim agent Rev. Frank David Tel: +447024044456 or email him on ( frankdavid2@o2.pl ) with your Full Names, Residential Address, Mobile Phone Number, Fax Number, Occupation, Marital Status, Age, Nationality, and Present Country, to facilitate your claims.
Congratulation !!!

Mrs.Kathleen Michael.

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