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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: "Mr. Daniel Kim." <d_km2006@she.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: dan_km3030@yahoo.co.in
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 01:06:00 +0700
Subject: REPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

MR.DANIEL KIM.

BANGKOK-THAILAND.

EMAIL: dan_km3030@yahoo.co.in

DATE: 3RD,JULY 2006



DEAR FRIEND,

PERMIT ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, MY NAME IS MR.DANIEL KIM AN AUDITOR WORKING WITH THE ASIA LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARD ORGANIZATION. I GOT YOUR CONTACT INFORMATIONS FROM YOUR COUNTRY’S BUSINESS DIRECTORY. AFTER GOING THROUGH YOUR INFORMATIONS,I DICIDED TO CONTACT YOU FOR AN URGENT BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS.

PRESENTLY, OUR ORGANIZATION THE ( ASIA LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARD COMPANY ) HAS AN ON-GOING INTERNATIONAL LOTO PRIZE OF USD 3.MILLION DOLLARS TO BE WORN. I AND MY COLLEQUES ARE DEMANDING FOR YOUR FULL CO-OPERATION INORDER FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER AS TO WIN THIS PRIZE IN YOUR NAME,SINCE WE AND OUR FAMILY MEMBERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LOTO DRAW.

WITH OUR POSITIONS IN THE ORGANIZATION, WE CAN SOURCE AND PROVIDE THE WINNING TICKET THAT WILL DRAW THE WINNING NUMBERS OF THE USD 3. MILLION DOLLARS IN YOUR NAME.

IF YOU ARE WILLING TO EXECUTE THIS BUSINESS WITH US, ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS TO SEND TO ME YOUR FULL NAME , ADDRESS AND AGE INCLUDING TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS.WE SHALL SOURCE THE LUCKY WINNING TICKET AND ISSUE IT ON YOUR NAME WHICH WILL MAKE YOU THE WINNER OF THE PRIZE MONEY, AND ENABLE THE ORGANIZATION RELEASE THE FUNDS TO YOU.

NOTE THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS RISK FREE. WITH OUR INTERNAL OPERATIONS, YOU WILL WIN THE PRIZE AND THE PRIZE MONEY WILL BE RELEASED TO YOU WITHOUT ANY DELAY. AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THE FUNDS, YOU SHOULD TAKE 15% OF THE TOTAL FUNDS WHILE 85% WILL BE FOR ME AND MY COLLEGES. INDICATE YOUR INTEREST VIA MY ABOVE STATED EMAIL ADDRESS.MY TELEPHONE NUMBER WILL BE SENT TO YOU AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR RESPONSE.

LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU SOON.

THANKS.

MR.DANIEL KIM.



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