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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: "Emirate Airways" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <emirateaiywaysmy@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 03:53:32 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Emirate Airways Approve Award promo.
Congratulation to our winners.

Emirate Airways congratulates you one of the winners of our 2014 Ramadan Celebration Emirate Airways launch Award promotion, and thanks all our customers for their participation.

And continued support for Emirate Airways,You just won 1.000,000,00usd( One Million United States Dollars)only, together with a free ticket to Mecca.

The winners of this promotion has been be notified at the email addresses subscribed by 2014 Emirate Airways Award Promo. your winning number and code is (CT-222-6747,FGN/P-900-56)

Contact our claims division agent for your fund remittance.
E-MAIL; emirateaiywaysmy@gmail.com
Name: Hassan Ben Abdul
Claims Requirements:


REGARDS
Emirate Airways.


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