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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: "Christopher Delvan" <consularaffairs@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 08:47:11 +0000
Subject: {Disarmed} Green Card Wining Notification From USA Department of State


 
 
 
 
Web Bug from http://travel.state.gov/images/clear_pixel.gif
Ref 575061725
Batch: 8056490902/188
Winning no: KB8701/LPRC
Green Card Num: 575061725
 
          Dear Sir/ Madam,
 
                                       CONGRATULATION!!
 
We are delighted to inform you of your winning on the 20th February of  2007 from the United States of America International visa Lottery Program (www.national visaservice.com) which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses. Your name was attached to Green Card Number 575061725 ticket number; 575061725 8056490902 serial number 6741137002 this batch draws the lucky numbers as follows: 4-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17, which consequently won the lottery in the second category.
 
All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.
 
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base and you are entitled with a USA GREEN CARD VISA and  $350, 000 US dollars which will cover everything about your traveling expenses.
Furthermore your details (e-mail address) falls within our 
UK representative office, as indicated in your play coupon and your form will be released to you from our regional branch bureau in London.

HOW TO FILE YOUR CLAIM:
 
Simply contact our Fiducial Agent, PST CHRITOPHER DELVAN at; (pst_delvanMailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "us.f563.mail.yahoo.com" claiming to be @diplomats.com) +447024079196 to file for your claim. Please quote your Country, Nationality, Contact Number, Date of draw, Green Card Number, Reference Number, Batch Number and Winning Number, which can be found on the top-left corner of this message. Also, you should give in your telephone number to help locate your file easily. For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your visa has been released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.

Note, all winnings MUST be claimed by
the 30th of May 2007 ; otherwise all funds will be returned as unclaimed and eventually donated to charity.

Congratulations once again on your winning!

Best Regards,
 

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT :(pst_delvanMailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "us.f563.mail.yahoo.com" claiming to be @diplomats.com). ENSURE YOU TYPE THE EMAIL ADDRESS CORRECTLY TO ENSURE SAFE & QUICK MAIL DELIVERY/RESPONSE. ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.


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