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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. CAROL DAVIS" <sunlotto@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: goldasuran@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 09:08:18 -1200
Subject: YOU ARE A WINNER


Congratulations
Lotto Lucky Winners Notification
Public Directorate Desk:
This is to inform you that you have been selected among the lucky winners in the last edition of Lotto email draws. This makes you a lucky winner of One million U.S. Dollars ($1,000,000.00). Your winning information is as follows:
Winning Details:
Emails draw numbers: 1772930029
Winning file numbers: 8749200
Winning track numbers: 5300298
Winning secret code: 3379
How Possible:
The Global Lotto organization has began an internet draws using the email addresses extracted from different websites. One million email addresses are extracted for the draws once in six months; out of which 0ne hundred thousand is randomly picked. Therefore; if this notification has gotten to you it means that your email was among the lucky winners.
Your Agent:
You are advised to keep the above information secret because they stands as your license from the directors desk to deal with your disperse agent. A disbursement agent has been assigned to winners depending on their category. You belong to category D. Your disbursement agent is Dr. Anthony Rich .You can contact him through the information below:
Agent Contacts:
anthonyrich@consultant.com
Phone number: 66-86-784-7421
You must protect your secret codes and the transaction PIN that will be given to you in other to avoid the interference of scam and internet fraudsters.
Thanks:
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Carol Davis
Director Global Email Lotto Draws
European Gaming Board


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