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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: morganryan71@yahoo.in
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:58:10 +0530 (IST)
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION


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



- Dear Winner, We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement of The UK Sponsored lotto Online Promo Programme held on Monday,10th Novemberer 2008.The draw was done electronically with several email addresses provided to this office by webmail providers to enhance the utilization of the internet. Your email address was picked as one of the ten winning email addresses.This has qualified you to claim the total cash prize of 1,000,000.00 (One million Euros) in cash. Your email address was attached to.Ref Number: SNL 9910289/ES 856.Batch Number:SNL71197431-ZNG/2008.Ticket Number: SSP 6746372 07421.Security File Number: 67730.To file for your claims and due remittance of funds, contact Mrs Sheila Sunde Ryan on the following information - Sheila Sunde,Sponsored Lotto Remittance Department Personnel Email: sheilassunde10@yahoo.com You are required to claim your winnings on or before 27th November,2008 otherwise it rolls over to the next draw. N.B: Procedures to claiming yo!
ur prize: 1. Please quote your Reference number in all correspondence with the claims officer.2. Indicate your Full Name, Address, Country, Telephone, Mobile, Fax Number, Occupation and Age. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do Inform the CLAIM AGENT as soon as possible. On behalf of all our staff CONGRATULATIONS!!! Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified... For a smooth and safe collection, you are required to keep your Reference Number confidential. Congratulations.. Mr Ryan Morgan, Winnings Coordinator.


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