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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: "greg edward" <rainbowlottopromo01@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 01:35:01 -0500
Subject: EMAIL WINNING CONFIRMATION NOTICE

AV 5 CASTILLA MADRID SPAIN
FROM:RAINBOW AWARD DEPT.
REF: SUN/2010-968091/03
BATCH: 54/010/IPD
DATE: 19/10/2005
EMAIL WINNING CONFIRMATION NOTICE
We are glad to inform you that your E-mail address appears RAINBOW E-MAIL
LOTTERY PROMOTION as the confirmed Winner ofour last RAINBOW email lottery
program held on the 13th october 2005

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 20675543256-786 with Serial
number 3765-75 drew lucky numbers 7-12-18-24-32-45, which Consequently won
in the 2nd category, you have therefore been approved For a lump sum payment
of five million five hundred thousand
united state dollars (US$5.5million). CONGRATULATIONS!!!

This promotional program takes place every year. All participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 100,000 companies
and 50,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to
quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.We ask
that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has
been processed and your money remitted to you. Remember all
winnings must be claimed not later 30th october 2005. After this date all
unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.

To file for your claim or for further details, please contact our agent at
juliecook@ny.com In respect of our commitment towards helping the less
previledge, we ask that you voluntarily contribute 1% of your Global
winnings to any charity organization you desire at your
convinience.Congratulations once more from our members of staff.

Greg Edwards.
Global Winning co-ordinator.


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