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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: net promotiom <exploratenet6@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 16:30:30 +0200
Subject: Claim Ticket Number:ACL 2315620015478



Claim Ticket Number:ACL 2315620015478 Dear Winner, We wish to inform you of the Yearly sweepstakes program that your Email Addresshas won: the award sum of (US$ 1,000,000.00) One Million Dollars only from Staat/lottery promotion. sponsored by the INTERNET EXPLORATION to encourage internet users. Please contact the Agency below for your Claim:*****************************************************Name: FOR DR.LUKE DAVIES (DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS).ECOWORLD WIDE INTERNATIONAL AGENCY BV.Email: ecoworldinter2@aim.com ecoworldinter2@myway.comTEL: +31-610-698-963.******************************************************You are also advice to provide the following information:
Names:Telephone/Fax number:Ticket And Batch Number:Ref Number: AC/REF4121100, Ticket Number:ACL 2315620015478, serial NumberAC45GM457825, Lucky Numbers: 57-23-56-10-02-57, Batch Number: VNFL/2986542754/AAF, The email lottery draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 980,000.000 e-mail addresses of individual, companies,and corporate bodies Picked by an advanced automated random computer search ballot system from The Internet. Once again congratulations! Yours faithfully,Mrs. Morgan WilliamsFor Claims Manager
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