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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. Sandra Hoffman" <coordvikingline@aol.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2006 01:16:28 +0100
Subject: VINKING ONLINE LOTTREY!!! WINNING INFORMATIONS

FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT WINNING INFORMATIONS: Ref. No: JM 9590 AD 9414 Batch No: 99881545-NL/2006 Number: FP 3502 /8754-01 We happily 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 individual and corporate bodies 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 above numbers attached. You are therefore to receive a cash prize of $900,000.00.( Nine Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)from the total payout. contact our Fiduciary Agent for category "A" winners with the information below for VALIDATION. ************************************* Mr. kelvin willams E-mail: kelvwillams@aol.co.uk Phone: +31 616097118 Fax: +31- 847 -548-673. ************************************* 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. 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. Yours faithfully, Sandra hoffman Online Lottery Coordinator

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