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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: lotto board <salo_z8@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:20:49 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!! YOU HAVE WON $2,000,000.00.







Congratulations your email is among the two lucky winning that won$2,000,000.00{Two million United State Dollars}Each in the just concluded draw held to promote South African 2010 World Cup,sponsored by cocacola british american tobacco companies south africa.for prize claiming,Call barr afred henry on this phone number + 27 78 244 4998 or email him on barralfredhen@hotmail.comAnd also provide the following information for the processing of your winning fund. NAME:...........................
ADDRESS:....................
NATIONALITY:......................
SEX:.............................
AGE:............................
PHONE/MOBILE:..........................
FAX:...................................
OCCUPATION:............................
COMPANY:....................................
Your Em

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