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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: walter jones <walterjones1h@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <infoawardclaimsagent@yahoo.de>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:20:44 -0600
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER ONLY



WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER ONLYAttn Lucky Winner,We are pleased to inform you that you have emerged awinner in the final annual draw of our LotteryInternational Programs. Your email address was selected by our ElectronicRandom Selection System (ERSS) from an exclusive listof 250,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual andcorporate bodies generated from an internet resourcedatabase.No tickets were sold.Your email address is identified with Batch Number:444821545-NL/2007 and Ticket Number: PP 3812 /2007-07in Category "A" and your claims portfolio is filedwith Ref Number: MARKT 80 ES 9414.You are therefore toreceive a cash prize of $2,500,000.00. (Two MillionFive Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) from thetotal payoutCONGRATULATIONS!!!. Your prize award has been insured under a bondeddepository policy with your e-mail address, and willbe transferred to you upon meeting the claimsrequirements, statutory obligations,verifications,validations and satisfactory report.To file for your claims,please contact your assignedclaims agent with details as stated below; *************************************Name: Mr. Edward LestraEmail: infoawardclaimsagent@yahoo.de*************************************You are advice to provide him with the followinginformation: Names:Telephone/Fax number:Nationality:Age:Occupation:NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 14days, thereafter unclaimed funds would be included inthe next stake. Remember to quote your referenceinformation in all correspondence.You are to keep all lotto informationconfidential,especially your reference and ticketnumbers. This is important as a case of double claims will not beentertained. Members of staff of affiliate agenciesare automatically not allowed to participate in thisprogram.Furthermore, should there be any change of address doinform our agent as soon as possible. Congratulationsonce more from our members of staff and thank you forbeing part of our promotional program.Yours Faithfully,Walter Jones.Lottery Coordinator.
PRIVACY STATEMENT 1. Personal and winning data provided by winners toMARKT LOTTERY remains known ONLY to the winner andMARKT INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMS ORGANISATION.
2a. All e-mail addresses, contact information,photographs and/or personal data of winners SHALL NOTbe published or disclosed on ANY public or in anyother public place or via any medium accessible to thepublic. 2b. All e-mail addresses, contactinformation,photographs and/or personal data ofwinners SHALL NOT be disclosed to or made available toany third party or agent outside the claims office. 3. All e-mail addresses, contact information and/orpersonal data of winners are kept in an isolateddatabase server protected from any external accessusing SSL locking on 6th level binary pharse. Thisdata is made accessible ONLY to MARKT INTERNATIONALCYBER LOTTERY staff and authorized agents directlyinvolved with the processing of winners claims. 4. Winners are advised to keep their winninginformation away from public knowledge, in order toavoid any double claims, impersonation ormisrepresentation during the claims process.MARKTINTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMS will not be liablefor any misplaced claims as a owing to your negligenceor publishing of your winning information.
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