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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: "MR CALOS RODRIGO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <calosrodrigo111@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 23:12:03 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE A WINNER



Big Big British National Lotto

3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,

Aintree, Liverpool, L30 1RD

Ref: EAASL/941OYI/02/SHYN

Batch: 12/25/0034

TEL: +447045703504



WINNING NOTIFICATION


This is to inform you that your email address has won the Big Big British National Lotto which was held on 19th JUNE 2012. Your email with serial number 5388/02 and ticket number 564 75600545 188 hit the jackpot.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £560, 000.00 in cash credited to file

KPC/9080118308/02/SHYN. This is from a total cash prize of £11 Million Pounds shared among Lucky winners in this category.

You are advised to keep this notice to yourself because of individuals who may divert your money to theirs and they also use our company to deceive others, you are advised to report back by means of email.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from Microsoft users from company and individual email addresses users. All winning must be claimed not later than 21 working days from the time of notification. Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence.


1. Full Name________

2. Address_________

3. Country__________

4. Mobile /Fax number_______

5. Occupation_________

6. Age:________

Congratulations from the staff, and thank you for being part of email account users of this program.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr Calos Rodrigo
Online Lotto Co-coordinator
47045703504

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