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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: juliemark200@sify.com
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:57:08 -0800 (PST)
Subject: YOU HAVE WON


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:claim25@yahoo.com.co



- EUROLINK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAMME.We are pleased to inform you today November 18th, 2008 of the result of the winners of the EUROLINK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAMME, held on the 31th of October,2008.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £1,500000 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file YL/26510460037/07.To file for your claim, Provide the information below:REFERENCE NUMBER:UK/0147X4/74 BATCH NUMBER:014/070/AY7 TICKET NUMBER:005-4432-971-8781.Full Name:3.Marital Status:4.Occupation:5.Age:6.Sex:7.Nationality:8.Country Of Residence:9.Telephone Number:Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program.yours faithfullyMrs.Julie Mark EUROLINK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY


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