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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: "Online Co-Ordinator" <kmoke@ucla.edu>
Reply-To: claimoffice65@tlen.pl
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:44:46 -0700
Subject: YOU WON AWARD (CONGRATULATIONS)

YOU HAVE WON
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
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X-Mailer: aspNetEmail ver 3.5.2.0
Message-ID: <WEBMYUCLA40f83e0cea1d68411f96f99bba18ca8f6b@webmyucla40>

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Content-Type: text/plain;
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Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

HONDA COMPANY BONNAZA UK=2E=0D=0A=0D=0ATICKET NUMBER:7885715823=0D=0ASERI=
AL NUMBER: 857-448=0D=0ABATCH NUMBER : CR-757YT24-97=0D=0A=0D=0A =0D=0A=0D=
=0AThe HONDA COMPANY UK is pleased to inform you that you emerged a winne=
r of 250=2E000=2E00 GBPs along with a Honda FRV new car in the last concl=
uded online BONNAZA draws, no tickets were sold but all email addresses w=
ere assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy=2E=
After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one =
of ten winners in the FIRST category for the THIRD prize=2E=0D=0A=0D=0AYo=
ur prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be tran=
sferre to you upon meeting the requirements,statutory obligations, verifi=
cations, validationsand satisfactory report=2E=0D=0AFill in the informati=
on below=2E=0D=0A1=2E Full Names:=0D=0A2=2E Residential Address:=0D=0A3=2E=
Phone Number:=0D=0A4=2E Fax Number:=0D=0A5=2E Occupation:=0D=0A6=2E Sex:=
=0D=0A7=2E Age :=0D=0A8=2E Nationality:=0D=0A9=2E Present Country:=0D=0A=0D=
=0ASend it to the Bonnaza Fiduciary agent with the following email addres=
s below=2E=0D=0A=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=0D=0A=2E=2E=2EFiduciary Agent =2E=2E=2E=2E=0D=0A=
Name: Mr=2E Wilson Collins=2E=0D=0AE-mail: claimoffice65=40tlen=2Epl=0D=0A=
Telephone: +44702 404 7838=0D=0A=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=0D=0ACongratulations=2E=0D=0AYour=
s Sincerely,=0D=0AMr=2E Steve Scott (Co-ordinator)=0D=0ATEL: +44701113612=
4=0D=0AHONDA AUTO COMPANY UK=2E=0D=0ACOPYRIGHT =C2=A92007-2008=2E ALL RIG=
HTS RESERVED=0D=0AYOU WON AWARD (CONGRATULATIONS)=0D=0A=0D=0A

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