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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: "Neil Trotter" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dnddawes@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 01:32:22 -0000
Subject: Congratulations and Happy Celebrations in Advance

To whom it may concern,

My wife and I won the biggest Euro Millions lottery prize
of £107.9m GBP and we just commenced our Charity
Donation in 2014
promotional program. We will be giving out a cash donation
of £1,500,000.00 GBP to five (5) lucky individuals and ten
(10) charity
organizations from any part of the world.

To verify the genuineness of this email and our winnings,
please see our interview by visiting the webpage below;

http://news.sky.com/story/1227782/euromillions-neil-trotter-wins-107-9m-prize

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/03/18/neil-trotter-euromillions-winner_n_4984234.html?1395139846

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. NOTE; Your email is
your online automatic ticket that qualified you for this
draw, no tickets
were sold. Kindly send us the below details so that we can
direct our Bank to effect a valid Bank Draft in your name
to your
country via courier delivery.

============
* NAME:
* Last Name:
* DATE OF BIRTH:
* SEX:
* ADDRESS:
* CITY:
* STATE:
* COUNTRY:
* MOBILE NUMBER:
* FAX:
* OCCUPATION:
============
Congratulations and Happy Celebrations in Advance,
Neil Trotter

Email: dnddawes@gmail.com

Regards
Neil Trotter.



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