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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: "elizabeth vakkechalil" <elizabeth_vakk@myway.com>
Reply-To: david_ellisbryan@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:44:26 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Congratulations!


GLOBAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL Office Address:12 North Road, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 1YR-UK You are to Contact your Claim Agent, Mr Ellis David Bryan.immediately Tel: +44 (702) 406 0036 Email:(david_ellisbryan@yahoo.co.uk ) Congratulations! We are proud to inform you that you have won Seven hundred and fifty thousand Great Britain Pounds Sterling(750,000.00 GBP).Your E-mail address is one of 200 lucky Addresses who have won in the 2007 weekly Promotion.Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from all part of the world as part of our 2007 electronic business Promotions Program in United Kingdom. See below details on how to claim your prize.Details on the Winnings:Your Winning Reference Number is: LLI/240142/011Batch Number: 18/006/1094/LIPDA/SLLucky Numbers 80, 35, 11, 72, 90,
41 +1Ticket Number 7017-4162-1018Serial Number MH4710019 You are to contact your Claim Agent below for your prize; Please remembers to quote your reference number and Batch Number for easy processing of your prize.You are required to forward the following details to help facilitate the processing of your claims and certificate. 1. Full names:2. Phone number:3. Fax number:4. Occupation:5. Sex:6. Age:7. Nationality:8. Country of resident: Remember, you have to contact your Claim Agent Mr Ellis David Bryan, through email or you can call him immediately to facilitate your prize, you are to send your winning information as stated above through his email address and call him to let him know that you have contacted him through email. Claim Agent: Mr Ellis David Bryan.Tel: +44 (702) 406 0036Email:(david_ellisbryan@yahoo.co.uk) On behalf of our GLOBAL Lottery International team, we say Congratulations once again. From the Coordinator Mrs. Elizabeth Vakkechalil. Note: To avoid
people claiming your prize, you have to ask Mr Ellis David Bryan to provide you with his United Kingdom Identity "International Passport"

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