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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: Free Lottery Sweepstakes <infoevapedro@sify.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:34:37 -0500
Subject: Congratulations (Final Notification) !!!


The  Free Lottery Sweepstakes,
P O Box 1010,
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
                           WINNING NOTIFICATION
                                          
The management of Free Lottery Sweepstakes is glad to announce to the
world the NEW YEAR PROMOTION giving away of the sum of TWENTY MILLION UNITED KINGDOM POUNDS million to 40 lucky email addresses all over the world.This promotion is in appreciation of our International Support in the European
Champions League Finals In Turkey and the correspondent capital profit in the
stock market which was far beyond our projected quarterly earnings. It
is also to Mark the Club's New year and  100 years of cooperate existence.Please
be informed that all winners in this program have been selected
randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 500,000 companies
and individual e-mail addresses database.
Your email address happened to be one of the lucky winner of five hundred
thousand pounds ( £500.000.00(G.B.P) among the Forty email addressess chosen. For all our international winners the value of the amount comes to ($917,956.00 USD)
Nine Hundred and Seventeen thousand, Nine hundred and fifty-six United
States Dollars.In other to claim your £500,000.00  prize, you will have
to fill the form below and send it back to us for verification and then
you will be inform on how your Cashier's Check for £500,000.00 has
already been deposited with your email contact.
PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM
1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________
2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________
____________________________________________
3.SEX:_______________
4.AGE:________
5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________
6.OCCUPATION:________________________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________
9.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL___________
10.AMOUNT WON:___________________________________
___________________________________________
12. COUNTRY________________________________

Please you are adviced to complete the form and send back to us for
prompt collection. You are automatically disqualified if you are below 18
years of age.Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners
will result to disqualification. This E-mail message (including
attachments, if any)is intended for the use of the individual or entity to
which it is addressed and may contain Information that is privileged,
proprietary,confidential and exempted from disclosure. If you are not the
intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination,distribution
or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited.
Sincerely,
David Jose
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent
MRS.EVA PEDRO.
EMAIL:infoevapedro@sify.com

 


 

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