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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Paul David <capitalfin@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 01:32:34 +0200
Subject: WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION

rsqwqnmadmiraal@multiweb.nl4872#Dear Winner,

WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 30th
of July 2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 77007742781005-18721 with reference
number 414-3721060 drew winning numbers 7-00-71-00-66-49 and credited to batch number 121cfc,
which consequently won in the 3rd category. You have therefore been approved for a pay out of
£1,800,000.00 (One Million Eight Hundred Thousand Pounds).

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
You funds are now deposited and insured with a security firm to be transferred into your nominated bank
account either by means of wire transfer or by whatever suitable means. Due to mix up of some numbers
and names, we ask that you keep your winning information very confidential till your claim has been
processed and your prize/money Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 800,000 company and
1,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. This promotional program takes
place annually. We hope with part of your winning you will take part in our next year £20 Million Pounds
International Lottery. To file for your claim, you will be contacting Capital Financial Investment
Corporation the accredited finance agent authorised to process your claims for your payment(You will
receive more information upon your acknowledgment of this email).

This lottery is promoted and sponsored by software corporations and other private organisations to help
individuals generate fortunes which would encourage them to expand their business frontiers and assist
with humanitarian concerns. Please note that in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications
remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence.

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform us as soon as possible. Congratulations
from our organisation and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

N.B: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified from this program.

Sincerely yours,


Paul David
Programs coordinator
(Capital Group)


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