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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: "Department of States DV Lottery Program" <dvtravel.states@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 08:47:40 -0700
Subject: AMERICAN DV2006 VISA LOTTERY PROGRAM:YOU ARE A WINNER...

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Kentucky Consular Center,

1001 Visa Crest

Migrate, KY 41901-1000

U.S.A.

 

Dear Winner,

 

It is my pleasure to congratulate you on your success in the AMERICAN DV2006 VISA LOTTERY PROGRAM which was processed by our agency. The congressionally mandated Diversity Immigrant Visa Program is administered on an annual basis by the Department of State and conducted under the terms of Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Section 131 of the Immigration Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-649) amended INA 203 to provide for a new class of immigrants known as "diversity immigrants" (DV immigrants).

 

The annual DV program makes permanent residence visas available to persons meeting the simple, but strict, eligibility requirements. Applicants for Diversity Visas are chosen by a computer-generated random lottery drawing. Thus, you were selected as one of the lucky winners on our internet screening machine, for the DV2006 US Diversity Immigrant Visa Program. Your visa lottery winner's identity is ID-6200DV and your serial net visa passport with us is SNVPh700IU. In this respect, you are required to forward the following information:

 

l. Your present contact address (for correspondence)

2. Your recent passport photograph.

3. REGULAR EMAIL.

 

You are also required to send a copy of your passport photograph by regular mail. The maximum image file size should be sixty-two thousand five hundred (62,500) bytes; 320 pixels high by 240 pixels wide in Resolution, with the applicant's, spouse's, and child's name printed on the back. Please mail the photos to:

 

Immigration Services:

PA/PL, Rm. 3206

U.S. Department of State

2301 C Street NW

Washington, D.C. 20720

Or preferably, you can scan them and send via email for faster processing.

 

Clearance/acceptance fees is ($989.67)

 

Details of requirements:

Your present contact address should be forwarded strictly to our receiving correspondent Mrs. Marie Rice through her email address :(mrice_travel.states@yahoo.com).We accept payment by Western Union Money Transfer or Money Gram Transfer as the ONLY payment method due to time constraint and other reasons from our past experiences.(Credit card is not acceptable, please.)

 

For information on how to send across the fees, please contact the Clearance Officer Mr. Martin Freeman through his email (mfreeman_travel.states@yahoo.com).

Your payment confirmation shall be sent to you as soon as clarification is done on your payment.

 

Providing the above requirements will assure you of getting your Visa Lottery Acknowledgement Card and Visa Lottery Security Code which we shall send to your email address.

Important notice: Please make sure you report and forward your Visa Lottery Code and Acknowledgement Card to the USA embassy in your individual country for your Green Card and other necessary claims.

 

According to the United States of America's Code of Conduct and Constitution Vol.176/866:Act 690SN guiding all immigration, and Green Card permit Agencies, Non-Response,21 days after you receive this message to your winner's status shall reveal "No interest" and we would in return, refer your lottery code and acknowledgement card back to the USA Government/Immigration Service Center.

 

We shall be anticipating your reply soon.

 

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE MORE.

 

Mrs. Magdalene Collins,

Co-ordinator.

 

KELVIN POWELL

Executive Director.

Phone Number:   +1-212-344-6678

Fax Number:      +1-206-600-5305

 

Note: Your response/reply should be sent ONLY to the above stated Email network. This is for security reasons

 



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