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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: Consuu Agent <onsug_ent@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: fuducary@bigstring.com
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:47:58 -0800 (PST)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS! CONGRATULATIONS! CONGRATULATIONS!


SULTAN OF BRUNEI FIGHTING POVERTY AROUND THE GLOBE
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT WORLD, LOTTERY BRUNEI
Lottery Brunei Darussalam, 144 2nd Floor Jalan Pemancha,
Bandar Seri Begawan , BS8711,
Brunei Darussalam.
WINNING NOTIFICATION
AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER :
BRUNEI
Ref: BTD/968/07
Batch: 409978E
For the attention of the winner:
WINNING NOTIFICATION
The prestigious successfully organized a Sweepstakes in Brunei marking the SULTAN OF BRUNEI yearly anniversary, The Management rolled out over $500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). Participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their Patronage. The selection was made through an electronic computer draw system attaching personalized email addresses to ticket numbers.
Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket number 448795727498 with serial numbers BMMD/9080648302/07 and drew the lucky numbers 22-21-25-39-40-47(20) which subsequently won you ($500, 000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) as one of the jackpot winners in this draw.
It is very interesting to inform you that we have three clearance offices zoned continentally. Such as, United Kingdom, Malaysia, South Africa clearance zones are picked randomly by computer, each winning number falls within any of the clearance zones, is the duty of the approved zonal clearance office to handle all clearance process to make sure bank releases won prize in time. Your prize number falls at Europe region/Asia approved clearance office in Malaysia, in view of this; your prize money will be released from London England. These Draws are commemorative and as such special. To file for your claim, please contact our PAYMENT AGENT as soon as you read this message for urgent release of your fund, his contact information is as follows
Barr. Patrick Duma
Email: fuducary@bigstring.com
Phone: +60173263218
Remember you neither participated physically in this computer ballot draw nor did you buy any ticket for this draw, your email is lucky to be among the selected in this promotion.
For security reasons, please keep your winning Information confidential till your claims are processed and your money remitted to you to avoid double claiming.
You are advised to contact your fiduciary agent with the following details to avoid unnecessary delays and complications:
NAME:.....................................
ADDRESS:................................
NATIONALITY:..........................
SEX:........................................
AGE:........................................
PHONE/MOBILE:.......................
FAX:........................................
OCCUPATION:...........................
COMPANY:................................
BATCH.......................................



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