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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: JIM BLAKE <jim_lakeclaimofficer@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 11:53:44 +0100 (BST)
Subject: {Disarmed} Dear Lucky Winner,


#message250647741106972714510844162786441084 { overflow:auto; visibility:hidden }

Dear Lucky Winner,

We acknowledge the reciept of your complete information from the claim department and all required informations was confirmed. We wish to congratulate you once more for being a winner in this lotto draw. Kindly be informed that a winning certificate has been issued to you to authenticate your winning. Your information has been forwarded to the paying bank for process and dispatch of your winning prize.

You are required to call the paying bank with the information below for immediate transfer of your winning sum:

Bank Information
Remittance Manager: DR. PRAISE CHESTER
Bank Name:HSBC BANK LONDON
Bank tel:0044-7031958874
Bank tel:0044-7031958977
Bank tel:0044-7031959188
Bank fax;0044-8704909047
Bank fax:0044-8704799957
email: praischester@yahoo.com

Kindly contact the bank with the above information so that the bank will process and transfer your winning prize as soon as possible.We wish to remind you that any prize that is not claimed after 10 days of notification will be rolled back into our next lotto draw.

Do not Hesitate to contact me should you need more information.

Yours Sincerely,
Jim Blake








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