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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 cquad <quad@quadcquad.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 16:50:30 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: QUAD CRUISE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT


QUAD CRUISE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT
RESULTS STAATSLOTERIJ.NL AWARD.
No 21 MANNI-STRAAT 1309HA
AMSTERDAM/NETHERLANDS
FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR:
WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR CATEGORY "A"
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/2006 and Ticket Number: PP 3502
/8707-01.You are therefore to receive a cash prize of $1,500,000.00
(One Million, Five Hundred Thousand 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: woolley Andrew
Email: woolleyandrewincome@gawab.com
Tel : +31-644-893-616
Fax : +31-84-724-9563
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
thisprogram. 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. Ifyou 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 fromyour
computer.***QUAD CRUISE AWARD

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