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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: "mabel smith" <mabelsmith01@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 21:53:07 -0400
Subject: PLEASE VERIFY.

FROM: PROMOTIONS DEPARTMENT OF ROYAL NATIONAL LOTTERY,
WINNING NOTICE
FOR SILVER STAKE WINNER- Ref. No.-
RNL/051/652659967/UK
Attention:Winner,
Royal National Lottery has just concluded its final
draws of it's
periodical promotional program. An exclusive list of
email addresses of
thousands of individual and corporate bodies were
picked by automated
random computer search from the internet. No tickets
were sold.
Your email address emerged as one of seven winners in
the silver stakes
category as email addresses were soughted, from a
total number of
25,000 addresses drawn from all over the globe.
After an automated computer ballot of our
International Promotions
Program, only SEVEN winners emerged in this category
and therefore each
are to receive payouts of €1,500,000,00 from the
total of
€10,500,000.00 (TEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
EUROS).
However,every email address selected was accompanied
by a reference and
ticket number, after the cyber lotto selection, the
below ticket and
reference numbers emereged as one of the lucky winners
in the above
category.CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Reference number for your prize is:Ref. No.-
RNL/051/652659967/UK
Ticket No.- RNL87867UK
For the your prize claim processing, we have employed
the service of an
lnternational Trust firm. They are to handle the
transfer of your cash
prize of €1,500,000.00 in line with our procedures
and upon your
directions. Your prize has been insured to its full
value with your
email address and will be transferred to you under
their professional
service.
To immediately initiate the processing of your prize
claim, please
contact our financial handlers Bond finance &
securities,below are the
contact information of their FINANCIAL DIRECTOR;
Mr. Mark Dillon
Financial Director
Bond finance & securities.
email:markdillon01@hotmail.com
cc:markdillon01@fastermail.com
Phone:+447031948653
Fax: +4487030401688
In your best interest(s), you must initiate contact
within two weeks of
receipt of this correspondence. Bond finance &
securities,are to handle
all matters with regards to claiming of your prize
money. You are also
advised to send a copy of this email,to your claims
agent Mr. Mark Dillon, when contacting him.
You may be required to provide any of the above
information during the
process of collecting your prize. We congratulate you
once again and it
is our hope that you participate in any of our
international programs
in the nearest future.
Thank you and CONGRATULATIONS!!!.
Sincerely,
Mabel smith,
Promotions Manager,
Royal National Lottery,
United Kingdom.


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