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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: "Dave & Angela Dawe" <dave@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: angela_dave@ymail.com
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:29:17 +0800 (MYT)
Subject:





Attention
My wife and I won the biggest Euro Millions lottery prize of
£101,203,600.70 GBP and we just commenced our Charity
Donation and we will be giving out a cash donation of
£1,500,000.00 GBP to five(5)lucky individuals and
ten(10)charity organisations from any part of the world.
To verify the genuineness of this email and our winnings,
please see our interview by visiting the web page below;
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8820740/101m-lottery-jackpot-winners-Dave-and-Angela-Dawes-to-give-millions-to-friends-and-family.html
Your email address was submitted to my wife and I by the
Google Management Team and you received this email because
we have listed you as one of the lucky millionaires, Kindly
send us the below details so that we can direct our Bank can effect a
valid Bank Draft in your name to your operational
bank account in your country.

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Congratulations & Happy Celebrations in Advance,
Dave & Angela Dawe
Email:angela_dave@ymail.com

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