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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: award@mchsi.com (AWARD)
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:57:37 +0000
Subject: YOU WON

YOU WON
FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PRIZE AWARD DEPT
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT
WINNING INFORMATIONS:

REF Number: ESZ/727-GL4U/07
BATCH No: 573881545-LNL/2007
TICKET No: 44278199663
LUCKY No: 8-66-97-22-65-55

AMOUNT WON: 2,500,000.00 Dollars

The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of
25,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked
by an advance dautomated random computer search from the internet. No
tickets were sold.

To file in for the processing of your prize winnings, you are advised
to contact our Certified and Accredited claims agent for
category "A"winners with the information below:
***********************
Name: Mr. J Dobrowolski
Email: rmtunitbv@aim.com
Phone: +31-626-164-175
Fax: +31-847-581-688
***********************
You are advice to provide him with the following information and a copy
of your international passport or driver's license via email attachment
or by fax for vetting process which is a standard practice just to
ensure that we are dealing with the right individual.

Names:
Telephone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Age:
Occupation:

Yours Sincerely,

Susan Jones.
Lottery Coordinator.

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