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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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Fraud email example:

From: "SuperEna " <suploto@rediffmail.com>
Date: 29 Apr 2007 17:22:16 -0000
Subject: Contact Your Payment Agent


Dear Winner,Your&nbsp; e-mail address has won you total sum of EUR 6,250,000 (SixMillion, two Hundred And Fifty thousand Euros) in cash, in&nbsp;SUPERENALOTTO lottery promotionPLEASE CONTACT YOUR FUDICIARY AGENT/ CLAIMS OFFICER&nbsp; IMMEDIATELY.&nbsp;Mr. Luigi Giovanni
+44 704 572 1375&nbsp;winningclaimsdesk2007@yahoo.it&nbsp;( Fudiciary Agent)&nbsp;Provide Him with the following:Full Names.........................Sex..........................................
&nbsp;Age.........................................Address(including Country)...................Occupation...............................................Tel...................................................Lucky Numbers- 08 27 29 38 64 82 37(bonus no.)Ticket Number- 87377805876Serial Number- 5368/02Grand Draw No: #900Yours faithfully,Mr. Francesco LinoOnline coordinator for E I PRIMI IN ITALIASweepstakes International Program

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