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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: VSL CLAIM CENTER <winningsclaimcentre2007@yahoo.es>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:21:11 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?q?ATTENTION=20WINNER:Ref.N=BA:SL/90-SP/5262?=


Ref.Nº:SL/90-SP/5262
Batch’sº: SL/18- GmbH/63733


ATTN. WINNER: Emmy Schaeffer,

I just got your mail now before office closing hour; I decided to write you immediately. In reference to you mail, There is noting horrible and troublesome over you getting your funds. The fact there is that you have to fill in the form and submit it. You are to indicate your mode of payment that you want. If you want it to be paid through the bank, you are to indicate it. So we can pay it through. If you intend coming to our office here in Spain, you can easily come and make the claims your self.
I do hope all this is clear to you.

Yours Faithfully
MR. Felipe Morís (D.O.P)


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