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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Antonio Lucas" <antoniolucas@maktoob.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:54:37 +0200
Subject: From Mr.Antonio Lucas(Please reply fast).

Dear Sir,
I am Mr.Antonio Lucas,Spanish citizen, married and with two children.
I am the Information/Database Analyst of Treasury and Payment Investigation Department of INTERNATOINAL LOTTO PROMOTION COMMISSION (AFFILIATED WITH ONCE ESPAÑA).
I have in my possession a ticket and claim file number that worn the amount of USD$815,950(EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND,NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY USA DOLLARS)on the SPANISH SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY/INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM held on March 2007.
With due respect, trust and humility, I decided to consult you towards this claim due to the need involved and with the faith I have in God I believe that you will be reliable and capable to assist me in claiming this amount through any safe trust account of your choice for investment purpose and I believe that you will not betray me after you have received the money into your account.
I deceided to claim this money due to the inability of the original winner to come forward for the claim since INTERNATOINAL LOTTO PROMOTION COMMISSION sent an official notification letter but without respond and if the money is not claimed within a stipulated time it will be returned to Ministerio De Economia Y Hacienda as unclaimed.
As a senoir worker with INTERNATOINAL LOTTO PROMOTION COMMISSION,with the winning informations in my possession I feel it is an opportunity to make money and I cannot afford to miss it.
The sharing modality for the fund shall be 30% for you 60% for me,the remaining 10% will be set aside for any expenses incurred on the course of claiming the money.
I will be looking forward to your indication of interest so that we can proceed with the process of claiming the funds. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement.
Yours sincerely,
Antonio Lucas



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