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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: Van Barsel <coordinator00001@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <surfclaims_agent101@yahoo.de>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:51:46 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION...!!!!







INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE INTERNET USER LOTTERY






















Attn:

Congratulations for your lottery winning for surfing the internet and this promotion is been organized by various Internet Service Providers (ISP) all over the word who in turn remit surplus funds to the numerous World Wide Internet Technology Companies (WWITC) for the development and advancement of Global Information Technology.

After the automated computer ballot, your E-mail address emerged as a winner in the category "A" with the following numbers attached:

Ref Number: PW EH 9590 OG 0612,
Batch Number: PA 563881545-NL/2007.

You and other category “A” winners are therefore to receive a cash prize of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($2.5,000,000.00) respectively from the total payout of One Hunfred Million US Dollars earmarked in the lottery for category “A” winners.

We advice that you call in our office for confirmation of this email notification so we advice you on how to process and claim your prize since we have been given a mandate for all winners to claim their prize withing 5 business days.

CLAIMS AGENT.Name: Pierce Van BarselPhone: +316-169-41206 Email: surfclaims_agent101@yahoo.de

Yours Faithfully,Helen Wilson.Lottery Coordinator.Thank you and congratulations!!!
(WWWITC).


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