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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: "Accounts Accounts" <accounts@diplomatic-courier.org>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 17:38:46 +0000
Subject: RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMME/CONFERENCE 2005.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B0002Q2JNS%3F_encoding%3DUTF8%26n%3D284507

               Dear sir/madam,

                         I wish to specially welcome you to this year's American Resettlement Programme/Conference which will commence on the 10th of October,2005 and last till December 4th,2005 in the United States of America,the theme of this programme is tagged 'Making The World A Better Place'.A world wide selection of applicants was conducted on the 23rd of September,2005 through a computer ballot system and your e-mail address was among the lucky persons to participate in this year's Conference irrespective of your Religion or Belief.

                      Applicants must be in-group of five or ten members before you can be accepted to participate and benefit from this all-important programme.Applicants are also expected to participate together as a group from each country and none of them should be less than twenty-four years of age.For the benefit of doubt you can come along with your family or friends BUT they must not exceed a maximum of ten in numbers.

            Interested groups for the programme should forward to the Programme Administrator(napdaniels@yahoo.com) their group information that contains the following,

1:Names of group members-----------------------------------------------

2:Dates of birth--------------------------------------------------------------

3:Residence/Country-------------------------------------------------------

4:International Passport numbers--------------------------------------

            The Programme Administrator will forward the reference file numbers to groups whose application and personal information were recieved at their receptions to the headquarters in Oakland,United States of America for documentation.Interested groups or Organizations are expected to forward their reference file numbers with the confirmation reciept of their application fees to our head office on or before 8th 0ctober,2005.

         If you are properly documented your groups Visa will be issued to your country Embassy of High Consulate and also your flight tickets will be handed over to you without any payments.At the end of the programme your group(s) will be presented with Green Cards,U.S Official Stay Permit.We look forward to your full co-operation.

Thanks.

Mrs.Judith Allen,

Secretary-General,

Global  Cornerstone Bureau,

4763 Roma Drive Suite,

638 New Jersey,U.S.A

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