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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: "BARRISTER MOHAMMED MUSTAFA" <barr_mohamedmustafa@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:03:00 +0000
Subject: SEND YOUR COMPLETE WINNING INFORMATION.

ORANGE TOWERS

18 JALAN KRAAT GATOT

JAKARTA INDONESIA

Tel: +62 21-928-68297

Mobile: 62-85-692-876-942

ATTENTION: LUCKY WINNER,

THIS IS TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR E-MAIL HAS BEEN RECEIVED, PLEASE FORWARD THE FOLLOWING DETAILS BELOW FOR THE IMMEDIATE PROCESSING OF YOUR WON CHEQUE.

 WINNING INFORMATION 

1 YOUR TICKET NUMBER. 2 SERIAL NUMBERS. 3 FILE NUMBER. 4 DRAW NUMBER. 5 YOUR NAME IN FULL. 6 HOME ADDRESSES. 7 TELEPHONE / FAX NUMBER 8 AGE AND OCCUPATION.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOUR WINNING DETAILS ARE QUOTED CORRECTLY, BECAUSE LUCKY DROP INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION AND ITS AFFILIATES WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DISQUALIFICATION OR CANCELLATION DUE TO WRONGLY QUOTED WINNING DETAILS / TICKET NUMBER.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU FORWARD YOUR CORRECT HOME ADDRESS, BECAUSE

YOUR CHEQUE WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOUR HOME ADDRESS THROUGH INTERNATIONAL

DELIVERY/COURIER SERVICE, AND YOUR CHEQUE WILL BE CASHED IN ANY

NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL BANK IN YOUR COUNTRY. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL UNCLAIMED AND UNATTENDED WINNINGS WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY CANCELLED AFTER A PERIOD OF ONE MONTH AND NO GRACE PERIOD WILL BE GIVEN.YOUR IMMEDIATE CO-OPERATION WILL HELP US TO SERVE YOU POSITIVELY.THANK YOU.

BEST REGARDS,

BARRISTER MOHAMED MUSTAFA

62-85-692-876-942



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