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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: "Mrs, Victoria Osteen" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <orangetelecommunication@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 09:50:07 +0200
Subject: Re: WINNING NOTIFICATION YOU HAVE WON !!!

Otdc Corporate Headquarter
London,Kenmore Road 41b
park,Wakefield,West Yorkshire
Wf2 oxr, England United Kingdom
Tele:+44-7024-015-135.
Tele:+44-7024-013-011.
SMS:+44-7874-073-214.
=======================

Att: Sir/Madam,

Claim Proceeding (OTDC-87409)

Your E-mail ID# Has Won You £1,000,000 Pound Sterling (GBP) from Orange telecommunication UK 2014 Award, All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web Facebook site through computer draws system and extracted from over 10,000,00 companies and personal Facebook Accounts. Your Email Account attached to ticket number: B9564 7560 4545 with Tag number 532009 drew the winning numbers: 7 11 14 27 34 40 Bonus 32 Batch Number: 03/06/MA34 and Reference Number: EAAL/908118308/07.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,000,000 Pound Sterling (GBP) in cash credited to file number: AAL/9080118308/04. To Claim: Email Your Details to Email ( orangetelecommunication@outlook.com )


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Yours Sincerely,
Mrs, Victoria Osteen
United Kingdom Zonal Co-ordinator

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