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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: "Office" <Office@crossroadspsych.net>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 14:11:31 -0500
Subject: ***WINNER***




HEADQUARTERS
2029 Stierlin Court
Mountain View, CA 94043
USA

HEAD OFFICE
Gardner House, Wilton Place,
Wilton Plaza, Dublin 2
Ireland


CONGRATULATIONS FROM LINKEDIN!

LINKEDIN Key founders: Reid Hoffman,Jeff Weiner and rest associate, Allen Blue, Konstantin Guericke, Eric Ly and Jean-Luc Vaillant has decided to boost Users and Companies a WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY by Lottery Program and Initial Public Offer said in a press release.

So We are pleased to inform you of the result of the draw held by LINKEDIN Company in cash Promotion to encourage the usage of LINKEDIN users world wide, your Name and Email was among the 10 Lucky winners who won £750,000.00 GBP (Seven Hundred And Fifty Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds) each on the LINKEDIN promotion Award Attached to Ticket Number (6005451895647), Ref No (2560022551/255) and Serial Number (51907556434).

To file for your claim, kindly contact our fiduciary agent with the below details for processing of your claims and remittance of your wining fund.

FIDUCIARY AGENT: FRANCIS VICTOR
E-mail: francisvictor@consultant.com
Direct Mobile: +447822178785

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your Ticket, Reference and Batch Numbers.

If you are not interested in our Linkedin Promotion Lottery Program. Please Delete This Message,

Thanks,

Melissa Gabriel
LINKEDIN PUBLICITY OFFICER.

LinkedIn Corporation © 2015



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