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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: Gommez Carcus musa <gommezmusa@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 03:41:26 -0700
Subject:

YOUR WINNING FILE NUMBER WUMT/UK/2011
A Division of Financial Service Provider

Dear Recipient

We are making our 157th Anniversary to the beginning of the year 2011;
we rolled out over USD$100, 000.000,00 (One Hundred Million United
State Dollars).
All participants were selected through computer balloting system drawn
from 11,000,00 companies email address and websites , and 14,000.00
individual email address from over 22 networks from Australia, New
Zealand, North America, South America Europe, all Asia and Africa as
part of International promotion held in London/United Kingdom.

We officially announce to you that your email address has been
selected for cash prize winner the sum of USD$1,000,000.00 (One
Million United State Dollars) to begin the verification process of
your prize as won ; you are required to forward your details to my
office for proper documentation of your lottery
funds as won with the British Home office.


You should establish contact immediately for our accreditation
officers to advise you on how to redeem your prize with the below
particulars resented below for immediate payment to your funds as
won ; please remember to quote your winning file number and your
winning transferring identification
code in your correspondence to him.

Full Name Surname/First:
Telephone Number:
Country Origin:
Address/City:
Date of Birth:
Occupation:
Gender:


You will be contacted by our accreditation office in the next 24hours
as soon as you forwarded your required information for onward
confirmation.


Save time send money earn rewards! Western Union is a service people
trust. Find enclosed copy of my passport for on verification.

Yours in Service

Agent: Gommez Carcus
WESTERN UNION DRAW CONSULTANT, LONDON-UNITED KINGDOM

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