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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: MRS ANA JOSE <informationcenter@terra.com>
Reply-To: clearagent_carter@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 14:17:38 +0200
Subject: IMPORTANT MESSEAGE


YOU ARE A LUCKY WINNER OF OUR CYBER PROMOTION 2006
OFFICIAL RULES
SEE SWEEPSTAKES FACTS

$1,OOO,OOO.OO WINNER!

ANA JOSE
INFORMATION DEPARTMENT
CONGRATULATION
It's coming: the day the Clearing House Prize Patrol is happy to inform you about $1,OOO,OOO.OO prize! (one million dollars) awarded to you as the winner of our first prize cyber promotion this year 2006.in the first category,held on the 31-08-06.
the cyber ballot is draw among seven billions of email addresses world wide, from companys, offices to individual.
seven lucky winners which include you from the 1st - 7th category,are selected ramdomly by the ballot system.
you most be inform that your email address is sponsor by some people that does not want us to say their names for individual reasons.
10% of your winner most be given to them after your process your fund.
try to avoid showing your winning information or details to other people, to avoid mix up of numbers or duoble claiming
lucky number : 147/259/559/021
reffrence number : 336/236/1260.
ticket number:76-89-06-78-43-23-45
important information you most be above 17 years of age, and you most process your winning
under five working days. promt to the day you recieve your winning notification.
to process your winning send your original name(full names) lucky and ticket number to your contact claim agent.
Sincerely,
ana jose
information Department
1-09-06
mr patrick carter your claim agent
email:clearagent_carter@yahoo.com.
tel:+34-653-710-982


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