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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: mariahbricks@terra.com.mx
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 06:40:42 -0800
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

From: Mrs. Mariah Bricks
World Lottery Organisation
32 Ledgers Way
Somerset BA11 2UD
England
UK.
email:mariahbricks@tsamail.co.za

File number: 013-19-7417
Batch number: 94/14/ZF56

WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw of the World Lottery programs held
on the 30th of SEPTEMBER 2004 in England U.K.
Your e-mail address was matched to ticket number: C2893 44404324 with Serial
number 56720 drew the winning: 75/83/49/27/45, which subsequently won you
the lottery in the 2nd category.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$1,185,000.00
(One Million One Hundred and Eighty Five Thousand United States Dollars
Only) in cash credited to file WLO/9080118308/02.This is from a total cash
prize of US$37,000,000.00 (Thirty Seven Million Dollars) shared amongst
the first Twenty (20) lucky winners in this category world-wide.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afro booklet
representative office in England as indicated in your play coupon. In view
of this, your US$1,185,000.00 (One Million One Hundred and Eighty Five Thousand
United States Dollars Only) would be released to you by our payment center
in England. Our Payment Center will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your winning amount as soon as you contact them.
Be informed that all participants were selected randomly from World Wide
Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 12,000,000
companies and individuals. This promotion takes place annually. For security
reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information strictly confidential
till your claims is processed and your winning amount is remitted to you
in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of
this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be informed that all
winning must be claimed before 30 days receive this information and to avoid
unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch
numbers in any correspondences with
us or our payment center. You are advised to acknowledge the receipt of
this information in order to give you a guideline on how to contact our
payment center in Europe.
Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program that
has successfully won this competition. Thank you for being part of our promotional
lottery Program.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Mariah Bricks

N.B: This information transmitted is only for the person or Entity to which
it is addressed and may contain Confidential or privileged materials. Any
review, Retransmission, dissemination or other use of this Information,
or taking of any action in reliance upon this information, by person or
entities other than the Intended recipient is prohibited.



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