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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: "Julie Xin" <julxin@myway.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 04:26:41 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: CLAIMS NOTIFICATION


Dear Ananthapadhmanabha Achar
We wish to congratulate you and formally inform you that you have won the sum of $0.8m in the last email-lottery draw,organized by the Japan Lotto Promotion.Your winning has been confirmed. You should note that your email address in addition to millions of companies and individuals emails were extracted with a software and the addresses were scrutinized with a ballot system and after the process,15 email addresses were selected and they were shared into 3 categories respectively and you are a winner in the 2nd category of $0.8m.The said sum is now deposited in our suspense account in your favour waiting for the immediate remittance into your nominated bank account. You are therefore required to send the following information to enable the processing of your award certificate and also submit them to the payee bank for the award prize payment. The information you have to send are written below: 1. Full name2. Contact phone and fax number3. Contact address4. Age5. Marital
status6. Occupation7. Sex8. Nationality9.A copy of your International passport or Driver's license Please send these as soon as possible to enable us effect your payment,and also note that anyone below eighteen years is automatically disqualified from receiving this prize. I await your response. Regards,Julie XinNational Trustee FinanceGuangzhou,China.Tel:+8613416284184

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