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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: quadcruise@quadcruiseaward7.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 21:09:14 +0100 (CET)
Subject: QUADCRUISE AWARD DEPARTMENT


QUADCRUISE AWARD DEPARTMENT
COMPUTER BALLOT JACKPOT 'A' DRAW RESULT.
WINNING EMAIL NOTIFICATION [FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER ONLY].
Dear Lucky Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs drawn today, 07/12/2006. Your E-mail address attached to Ticket number 334/ 660078 with Serial number 05908 drew the lucky numbers 9-43-97, which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of $1,500,000.00USDollars. (One Million, Five Hundred United States Dollars).
This is from a total cash prize of 10,900,000.00 US Dollars (Ten Million USDollars) shared amongst Ten International Lucky Winner in Category A+(PLUS).
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
over 50,000 companies and 2,000,000 individual email addresses from all over the world, as part of our international promotions program, which we intend to conduct several times a year.
To file for your claim, please contact our /your processing agent
CONTACT:
**********************************************
Paul Vanfrant
Email: adrawresults@aol.co.uk
Email: jackpotdraws@aol.co.uk
Tel : +31-633-785-385
Fax : +31-847-109-009
**********************************************
You are advice to provide him with the following information:
Names:
Telephone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Age:
Company (if any):
Winning reference and Batch numbers:
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Yours truly,
Walter Jones
Promotion Manager.
THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS!!!

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