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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: Debbie Molina <debmolina666@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:49:01 -0400
Subject: you are OUR CATEGORY C WINNER!!!




REF NO :EAA222147013545
BATCH NO :17/000/AEY


DEAR WINNER



WINNING NOTIFICATION


We gladly announce to you the draw of the WELFARE LOTTERY,online International program held on the 10TH of JULY, 2007.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 034-1416-4612-750 with Serial
number 53-68-05 drew the lucky numbers: 00-48-20-23-44-77, which subsequently won you the lottery in category C. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$20,000,000,00 (Twenty
million united states dollars) in cash credited to file REF NO :EAA222147013545. This is from
a total cash prize of US$100,000,000.00(one hundred million united states dollars) shared amongst the FIVE (5 ) lucky winners in this category. All participants for the online version were selected randomly
from World Wide email balotting through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions,associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place Annually. In
view of this,your US$20,000,000.00 (twenty million united states dollars) shall be released to you by your claims agent.To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent for due processing and
remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Details of your claims agent is stated below:



Dr. Nick Gerry
HFC BANK .UNITED KINGDOM
TELEPHONE: +44 70457 23811
FAX: +447005946838
EMAIL: nickgerry63@graffiti.net
nickgerry47@mail.com



You must contact HFC BANK not later than 14(FOURTEEN) banking days upon receipt of this notification. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed. All correspondences to NICK GERRY, either by
fax or email, should have this EMAIL sent along with it and also, your FULL ADDRESS, YOUR COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE and your EMAIL ADDRESS to which this email is sent. you are advised to keep your
winning confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you.



NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with HFC BANK. Furthermore, should
therebe any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon aspossible. Congratulations from all our staff and we hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our Mid year high stakes
US$2 billion International Lottery.



Sincerely,
Debbie Molina
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
WELFARE LOTTERY
(Registration LT12).
Corporate headquarters


N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualif ication. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your claims agent




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