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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: "Wang, Chao-Ying" <cwang@devry.edu>
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 13:52:34 -0500
Subject: DO NOT REPLY [CONTACT YOUR HANDLING AGENT]



GOOGLE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION / PRIZE AWARD.
(WE ENCOURAGE GLOBALIZATION)

FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
GOOGLE B.V. 44 9459 PE.
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the First Category draws of E-MAIL LOTTERY organised by GOOGLE INTERNATIONAL. We are happy to inform you that your email address have emerged a winner of One Million (1,000,000.00) Euros, which is the winning payout for Category A winners. This is from the total prize money of Two Million (2,000,000.00) Euro shared among the 2 winners in this category. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our international Promotions Program.

CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now deposited with the paying Bank. In your best interest to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account. NOTE: To file for your claim, please contact the claim department below on email and providehim with the below details for verification.

Full Names:
Contact Address:
State:
City:
Telephone Number:
Sex:
Date Of Birth:
**********************************************
OFFICER IN CHARGE:
MR. TIM WALTERS
EMAIL: gl.claimprocessing@hotmail.com <mailto:gl.claimprocessing@hotmail.com>
TEL: +44 703 590 1818
**********************************************
Find below your promotion date, Reference and Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in your correspondence with your claims agent. PROMOTION DATE 6TH OF JUNE 2008. REFERENCE NUMBER: GLLINT/07/04/768970118. BATCH NUMBER: 78/09/230.
Congratulations once again from all ourstaff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely Yours,
Mr. Wang, Chao-Ying.
THE PROMOTION COORDINATOR.


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