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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "hundred thousand united state dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Monica Taylor (ADMIN SEC)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <donsimon@claimagent.org>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 02:49:55 -0700
Subject: Congratulations!

Attention: The Email Account Holder!

Congratulations!
The Ontario Lottery Corporation (O.L.C) is proud to inform you that you have won US$800,000.00 (EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS), why you have won? Your email address was among those chosen from our java-based software that randomly selects email addresses from the web from which winners are selected.
Your e-mail address is one of the lucky email addresses that have won in this promotion, I wish to congratulate you on your victory, you are a lucky person to have won this lottery. Your winning price is to the tune of Eight Hundred Thousand United State Dollars. This correspondence officially confirms that we are in receipt of instructions relating to the payment of your lottery winning, see below how to claim your winning prize, you are required to forward the following details to our official claim agent email address giving below to help facilitate the processing of your claim,
Winning Verification Code: 2247

Winning Reference No: 7. 3. 2. 5. 3. 5. 8. 2. 0. 1. 2
Batch No: 6. 4. 2. 3. 7. 9. 2. 0. 1. 2.

FULL NAME:-
COUNTRY:-
AGE:-
GENDER:-
TELEPHONE NO:-
OCCUPATION:-

Furthermore, you must contact your claim agent (Mr. Don Simon) to claim your prize, send your reference and batch number and all the above details to his email address giving below;

THE CLAIM AGENT CONTACT DETAILS ARE BELOW,
Processing Manager: Mr. Don Simon
Email: donsimon@claimagent.org
Phone: +1-940-604-5223

Kindly send email to our Official Claim Agent on: donsimon@claimagent.org immediately you read this message for quick and urgent guidance for the procedures you have to follow to effect the release of your fund without any delay.
Congratulations once again from all our staff’s and thank you for being part of our promotion program.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs. Monica Taylor (ADMIN SEC)

NB: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this email address. Contact your claim agent. (Mr. Don Simon) with this email address: (donsimon@claimagent.org)

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