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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: "Quad Cruise" <quadcruise1@gawab.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 21:58:05 -0200
Subject: GOOD NEWS

Number: PP 3502 /8707-01
QUAD CRUISE AWARD.
RESULTS STAATSLOTERIJ.NL
AWARD.
No 21 MANNI-STRAAT 1309HA
AMSTERDAM/NETHERLANDS
FROM THE DESK OF
THE DIRECTOR:
QUAD CRUISE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT
WINNING
NOTIFICATION FOR CATEGORY "A"
WINNER ONLY
ATTENTION!
We are pleased to
inform you of the result of the last
final annual draw of our LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL
Programs. The online cyber lotto draws was conducted
from an exclusive list of 25,000,000 e-mail addresses
of individuals
and corporate institutions,picked by an
advanced automated random
computer search from the
internet. No tickets were sold.
After this
automated computer ballot, your e-mail
address emerged as a winner in
the category "A" with
the following numbers attached Ref Number: QC
9590 ES
9414,Batch Number: 573881545-NL/2005 and Ticket
Number: PP 3502
/8707-01.You are therefore to receive
a cash prize of$1,500,000.00.
(One Million Five Hundred
ThousandUnited States Dollars)from the total
payout.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your prize award has been insured with
your e-mail
address and will be transferred to you upon meeting
our
requirements, statutory obligations,verifications,
validations and
satisfactory report. Tofile in for the
processing of your prize
winnings, youare advised to
contact our Certified and Accreditedclaims
agent for
category "A" winners with the information below:
*****************************************************
Name: Paul Vanfrant
Email: quadcruiseclaims@gawab.com
Tel : +31-633-785-385
Fax : +31-847-109-009
**********************************************
You are advised to provide him
with the following
information:
1.Given Name (As Stated in your ID)
2.Telephone/Fax number:
3.Nationality:
4.Age:
NOTE: All winnings must be
claimed not later than 14
days; thereafter unclaimed funds would be
included in
the next stake. Remember to quote your reference
information in all correspondence.
You are to keep all lottery
information confidential,
especially your reference and ticket numbers.
(This is
important as a case of double claim will not be
tolerated).
Members of affiliated agencies are PROHIBITED from
participating in
this program.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address, do
inform our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from
our members of staff
and thank you for being part of our Promotional
Program.regards,
Walter Jones.
Lottery Coordinator.
***This email may
contain confidential and/or
privileged information.
The information is
intended solely for the use of the
individual or entity named above. If
you are not the
intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure,
copying, distribution or use of the contents is
prohibited. If you
have received this electronic
transmission in error, please notify the
sender by
telephone or return email and delete the material from
your
computer.***



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