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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: =?utf-8?q?global=20lottery=20awards?= <globalinawards@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: richards_lottosa@yahoo.co.in
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2006 13:31:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOUR EMAIL WON THE LOTTERY.


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: globalinawards@yahoo.com.ph



- We happily annouce to that you won $3.5m in the draws of GLOBAL LOTTERY INT/ WORLD GAMING BOARD draws held on the 4th of july 2006.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 00788769 has subsequently won you the lottery in the 3rd category.Your email address is amongst the ten(10) lucky winners selected @ random from over millions of emails worldwide. To file for your claim contact our payment agent. Name:Dr Richards Haul, Email: richards_lottosa@yahoo.co.in, Tel: +234 805 027 5086.


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