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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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Fraud email example:

From: Gewinnspiele <alhamoha2000@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 15:28:07 +0100
Subject: 10 Fragen - 1 Million Eur

Hallo, ja.elzinga

Herzlichen Glückwunsch. Sie sind durch die Teilnahme an unserem Gewinnspiel in die Endausscheidung gelangt. Wir wünschen Ihnen nun viel Glück in der Endausscheidung, vielleicht sind Sie der glückliche Gewinner über 1.000.000 EURO.

Falls Sie nicht alle Fragen richtig beantworten, haben Sie trotzdem noch die möglichkeit, je nach richtig beantworteten Fragen 5 ,10, 100, 500, 1.000, 10.000, 50.000 Euro oder gar 100.000 Euro zu Gewinnen!

Um an der Endausscheidung teilzunehmen, Klicken sie auf den folgenden Link.
Das Gewinnspiel wird dann gestartet.

>> Zum Gewinnspiel und 1.000.000 EURO Gewinnen

Vielen Glück, Ihr Team von Millionengewinner.

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