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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: claimsdept@stallion.net
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 09:02:37 +0200
Subject: Winning Prize Money

STALLION CORPORATION
PO BOX 1010
LIVERPOOL
L70 1NL, UK


ATTENTION: Email Lottery Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement of winners
of STALLION CORPORATION EMAIL LOTTERY held on the
14TH JUNE, 2005 as part of our SECOND QUARTER of the
year bonanza. Your email is attached to ticket number
034-1416-4612-750,with serial number 6521-11drew the
lucky numbers 47-44-20-24-39-43, and consequently won
the lottery in category C.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
US$850,000(Eight hundred and fifty thousand united states
dollars) in cash credited to file REF NO: BBA444125680216
This is from total prize money of US$90,000,000.00 shared
among winners in this category. All participants were
selected through a computer balloting system drawn from
96,000,000 email addresses from different ISPS all over the
globe as part of our International Promotions Program,
which is conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!
Your claims file is with SWIFT FINANCE GROUP, Due to the
mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this
award strictly from public notice until your claim has been
processed and your money remitted to your bank account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this
program.

To begin processing of your prize money, please contact
your claims agent below;

MR.BRUNO BROOKS
ACCOUNT OFFICER
SWIFT FINANCE GROUP
TELEPHONE: +44 704 0128882
Email:brunobrooks@lab.org

Congratulations again and thanks for being part of our
promotions program.

Yours Sincerely
Debbie Molina
Claims Department
Stallion Corporation

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