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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: info_chevron@mchsi.com (CHEVRON-TEXACO PROMO)
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:21:34 +0000
Subject: CHEVRON-TEXACO PROMO

Dear Winner,
This is to inform you of the just concluded CHEVRON-TEXACO PROMO the
sumofUSD1,000,000 DOLLARS Was awarded to you as a result of the
winning drawheld ,your email was selected as one of the winning email.
youareto forward Your Name, Contact Address, Phone/FaxNo
,Age,Occupation,Country,Annual Income. to the claims director
Financial Trust Funds with his email details
below, so you can be filefor claims and proceed with the claiming ofyour winning
funds.
Email.:mr.williammark@yahoo.co.uk
Announcer:Ernest Murphy



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