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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)
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:38:17 +0100
Subject: FELICITATION !!!




FELICITATION !!!

Bonjour
Nous vous contactons par cette presente pour vous informer de votre
gain à la loterie de la BILLGATES FOUNDATION.
Ceci n'étant donc pas un spam ni un virus, veuillez trouver en
fichier joint votre notification de gain.

Hello
We contact you by this present to inform you of your profit to the
lottery of BILLGATES FOUNDATION.
This not being thus a spam nor a virus, please find in attached
file your notification of profit.

Bom-dia
Contactamo-los por estes apresentamos para informá-los do vosso
lucro à lotaria do BILLGATES FOUNDATION.
Isto por conseguinte um spam nem um vírus, quer encontrar em
ficheiro em anexo a vossa notificação de lucro.

Cordialement
Mr. ISABELLE CHEVALIER
DIRECTRICE DU CONSEIL EXECUTIF
BILLGATES FOUNDATION LOTTERY




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