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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. Nelson Hardarmson" <michelle@natl.org.au>
Reply-To: <nelsonhardarmson@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 08:09:49 +1000
Subject: FLORIDA MIAMI LOTTERY WINNER

 
CONGRATULATION
 
Your email address has won you $1,000.000.00 (One Million UnitedStates of American Dollars) Raffle Held COCA COLA 2013 in FLORIDA MIAMI.Your winning ticket number is 35-38-18-24-37 with Batch numbers BTD/008002/12 drew the lucky numbers 2-4-4-2-67 and consequently won in the Fourth Category. This is an end of year promotional draw in which there were no tickets sold.
 
Your Fund which is truly $1,000.000.00 (One Million United States of American Dollars) to all beneficiaries in various countries in the world as an ATM CARD. You have to understand that the MIAMI Online Lottery is now an International Lottery and not for citizen of MIAMI only.
 
Claim with Requested Info:
 
1)Your Full Names:
 
(2)Country:
 
(3)Occupation:
 
(4)Age:
 
(5)Sex:
 
(6)Phone Number:
 
Ticket Number:
 
Batch Number:
 
 
Please contact your claims agent  immediately for due processing and remittance of your prize to be delivered to your home address.
 
Central Bank Of Nigeria
Director of Your Fund Transfer Department.
 
Email: nelsonhardarmson@yahoo.fr
Direct Line: +234-808-456-9267
Name: Mr. Nelson Hardarmson

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