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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: Facebook Awards Promotion England <matinekevin@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: Facebook Awards Promotion England <facebookiboard6@nokiamail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:57:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Fw=3A_CONGRATULATION_YOU_HAVE_WON_GBP=A31=2C000=2C000=2E00?=


CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON GBP£1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS
ONLY) YOUR E-MAIL I.D. EMERGED AS ONE OF THE TEN FINAL RECIPIENTS OF A CASH
GRANT/DONATION OF (GBP£1,000,000.00) POUNDS IN THE FACEBOOK / YAHOO MESSENGER
CHAT AWARDS PROMOTION U.K. E-MAIL DRAW, FOR THE CLAIM OF YOUR PRICE YOU ARE TO
CONTACT THE BELOW INFORMATION VIA E-MAIL WITH YOUR REF.FB/968/09. PLEASE SEE
ATTACHED DOCUMENT FILE FOR FURTHER STEP HOW TO CLAIM THE PRIZE. TEL: +44-703 174
7620 / +44-703 174 8924 / FAX: +44-7031817995

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