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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: "LAND ROVER AUTOMOBILE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <davieskirk@mynet.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 10:24:48 -0600
Subject: Congratulations from LAND ROVER AUTOMOBILE COMPANY.




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KIRK DAVIES
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Jan 22 at 3:47 PM
Congratulations from LAND ROVER AUTOMOBILE COMPANY.

You have been selected as a winner of our brand new 2014 LR4 Luxury 4X4
with a prize cheque of Nine Hundred & Fifty Thousand US Dollars only.

Vehicle Specification:

Engine size: 5.0L
Body style: SUV
Horsepower: 375 HP
Model year: 2014

The LR4 Lottery is an annual Roll Over Ballot Programme held in
California - USA to promote global sales of the 2014 LR4 Model. The
program is approved by the International Association of Gaming
Regulators (IAGR).

The selection process of prize winners was carried out through random
selection run with a computer based email selection system (ESS) from a
database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all various
continents of the world, and your email address was selected by the ESS
Computer program qualifying you for the prize.

To begin the processing of your prize claim you are to contact our
fiduciary agent of the claims department for additional information on
how to redeem your prize.

To process your prize, you are required to fill out and submit your
personal information listed below, then include your Secret Winning Code
LR4-58002-2014 in the subject line.

1. Full Names:
2. Present Residence Address:
3. Nationality:
4. Age:
5. Occupation :
6. Contact Telephone Number:
7. Current Country of Residence:
8. Private Email Address:
9. Winning Code: LR4-58002-2014

Contact the assigned fiduciary agent through the information below to
redeem your prize.

Name: MR. KIRK DAVIES
Telephone Number: +1 213-712-7068
Email: davieskirk@mynet.com

Congratulations from all of us at LAND ROVER AUTOMOBILE COMPANY.


Ms. Annabelle Madison
PROMOTIONS MANAGER - LAND ROVER LOTTERY

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