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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: =?iso-8859-2?Q?=22Ilona_Tajchnerov=E1=22?=
<ilona.tajchnerova@iol.cz>
Reply-To: livecourierpackagedelivery@live.com
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:32:28 GMT
Subject: ONLINE SELECTION!!!




You have been been approved to claim a total sum of =A3200=2C000 GBP POU=
NDS STERLING=2E From the Vodafone Online/Beijing Olympic Web email draws=
=2E =


Due to possible mix up of some numbers and email contacts=2C we ask that=
you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has be=
en =

processed and your money remitted=2E This is part of our security protoc=
ol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by some participants of=
this program=2E =


This is from a total cash prize of Two hundred million pounds (=A32=2C00=
0=2C000 GBP) Shared among the ten international winners in the 1st categ=
ory=2E =

Contact claims officer=2E Rev=2E Nikklas Flippo =


Email=3A vodafonefudiciaryconsultant2007=40yahoo=2Ecom=2Ehk =


1=2E Full Names=3A =

2=2E Address=3A =

3=2E Age=3A =

4=2E Sex=3A =

5=2E Marital Status=3A =

6=2E Occupation=3A =

7=2E Phone numbers=3A =

8=2E Nationality=3A =

9=2ECountry of Residence=3A =


Yours Truly=2C =

Ilona Tajchnerov=E1 =

Co-ordinator(Online Promo Programme)

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