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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: jamesmoore@icq.ir
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:15:21 GMT
Subject: {Spam!}




AWARD WINNING NOTICE
Ref No.67324/113
Batch No.312/00643374
Ticket/Series No.NL6775489

Amount Won: $2,000,000.00 USDAttn: Internet User,This is to formally
inform and congratulate you on the result of the online cyber lotto which
was conducted from an exclusive list of 1,000.000 email addresses of
individual and corporate bodies selected by an advanced
automated random computer ballot system from the internet.Your e-mail
address emerged as a winner in the category "A" with the following
information enclosed.You are therefore to receive a cash prize of
$2,000,000.00. (Two Million
United States Dollars).To file in for the processing of your prize
winnings, you are advised to
contact our Certified and Accredited cliam agent for category "A"
winners
with the information below:*************************************
MR. James Moore
Phone: +31-6242 13929
Fax: +31-8473 01508
EMAIL: jamesmoore@icq.ir
*************************************You are advice to provide him with
the following information and a copy of
your international passport or driver's license via email attachment or by
fax for vetting process which is a standard practice just to ensure that we
are dealing with the right individual.

First name:
Last Name:
Telephone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Age:
Occupation:

Winning Email:NOTE: Ensure to quote your Reference Numbers in all your
communication with
your claims agent. All winnings must be claimed not later than seven working
days, thereafter unclaimed funds would be included in the next
stake.Congratulations! Thank you for being a user of the World Wide Web.
Yours Faithfully,
Mary Haack
http://www.lotto.nl/
Lottery Coordinator.


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