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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: jave jennifer <s9087u9jv@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <siprogramjames_online@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:12:10 -0400
Subject: CATEGORY "A" WINNER



OSA NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS: P O Box 1010 Liverpool, L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM (Customer Services)
FROM: OSA UK LOTTERY.
WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNERBONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION
Dear Lucky Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of OSA UNITED KINGDOM LOTTERY your e-mail address is amount the winners in category "A" with the following winning information:
REF No: UKNL-L/200-26937 BATCH No: 2005MJL-01 TICKET No: 20511465463-7644 SERIAL No: S/N-00168 LUCKY No: 887-13-865-37-10-83
You as well as the other winner are therefore to receive a cash prize of ;1,000,000 (One Million US Dollars) each from the total payout, To file for your claim, please contact me back with the filling of the form below:
Contact Person: Mrs. Jennifer Daves Telephone: +447005800063. E-mail: siprogramjames_online@yahoo.fr
With the following informations:
Name(Surname First):................................. Address:.............................. Country:............................... Telephone:.............................. Cell phone number:............. Gender:.............................. Marital Status:.................... Age:..................................... Occupation:.......................... Annual Income:..................... Email Address:.......................
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Jennifer Daves for OSA NATIONAL LOTTERY.
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