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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:

This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447092894391 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: laprimitiva elgo <laprimitiva_elgo@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:46:13 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Reply

Dear Amoll Scher,

Please note that we have submitted your information to the lottery board and hopefully your Prize Winning Certificate will be out tomorrow and a copy will be sent to you after it has been released to us by the Lottery Board.

Once the winning certificate is out, the next stage will be for the for your winning to be processed and instruction given to the paying bank to start the payment to you.

Concerning your social security position, you do not have to be worried, your security is guarrantted and you are protected. All your informations are protected and no external person can know anything about your lottery winning.

I will call you tomorrow with the number you gave me, what is the best time to get you.PLS NOTE, I DID NOT SEE THE ATTACHMENT YOU SENT WITH THIS MAIL:

Congratulations Once again

Sincere Regards,

Mr Harris Frogard. (Tel. +447092894391 )

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