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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: walker_financial_svcs1@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:15:24 +0530 (IST)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: alice_thomas30@yahoo.in



- On behalf of the World Wide Lottery company UK,I wish to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the national Lottery yearly bonanza draw held on the 16th of October, 2008.All Ten(10)winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 150,000,000 international mails. Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as a 2nd category winner in this year's Annual Free Lotto Draw.Consequently,you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of $400,000.00 ( Four Hundred thousand United States Dollars).The following particulars are attached to your Lotto payment order:(i) Winning numbers: 07,13,17,33, 40,42(ii) Email ticket number:FL754/22/76(iii)Lotto codenumber: FL09622UK(iv) The file Ref number: FL/04/736207152/UK.Please contact the underlisted claims officer as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings.Mr.Maurice Bruce:Walker Financial Services.Email:walker_financial_svcs1@hotmail.com with the following information:Full names, address, tel/fax nos.Age,Occupatiion,Country of residence


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