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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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Please note about this email:

Fraud email example:

From: "paginasamarilaswinners paginasamarilaswinners" <oosimiri@msn.com>
Reply-To: osimiri@rickymail.com
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 11:26:52 +0000
Subject: FINAL NOTICE TO YOU

 
   
Dear Sir/Madam
 
              RE: PAGINASAMARILLAS LOTTERY AWARD FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you today, 26TH August 2005 winners of the
PAGINASAMARILLAS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 22nd August
2005.Your winning email address, is attached to ticket number 023-0148-790-459, with serial number 5073-11 drew with lucky numbers 43-21-54-37-10-43, and consequently you won the lottery in the 3rd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of Two Million United States Dollars in cash credited to file REF NO.AMXXL/25041238013/06 and BATCH NO: 00-190/117/X6. This is from total prize money of thirty four million United States Dollars shared among the seventeen international winners in this category.
 
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from a collection of email addresses belonging to all frequent internet users from all over the world as part of International Promotion Program, which is conducted annually.
 
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your funds are now deposited with our corresponding bank and would be
transferred to you as soon as we hear from you and Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we hereby advise you to keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your fund remitted to your designated account, this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.
For due processing and remittance of your prize to your nominated bank
account contact your claims agent  Mr. Stephen Robert FOREIGN OPERATION PAGINASAMARILLAS LOTTERY EMAIL:
stephenrobert@paginasamarillas.com  with the below information.
FULL NAMES:
AGE/SEX:
MARITAL STATUS:
NATIONALITY:
OCCUPATION/ADDRESS:
TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER:
 
Remember all prize must be claimed not later than two weeks, after this date all funds will be returned as unclaimed NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your future correspondences.
 
Mr.Osimiri Water
(PAYMENT DEPARTMENT PAGINASAMARILLAS LOTTERY)
 

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