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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: <brookhermns@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:04:35 +0000
Subject: Good News for your Winning



Hewlett Packard Company,Wrights Lane Kensington,W85SP London,United Kingdom.
Dear Sir/Madam,
We congratulate you over your success in the following official publication results for the year 2008 of the e-mail electronic online draw held by Hewlett Packard here in United Kingdom. In promotion to our Hardware & Software Products {H.S.P} your email address emerged as one of the online winning emails in the 1st category and therefore attracted the followings:
A Cheque of 500.000 GBP {Five Hundred Thousand Pounds} HP Pavilion 2700 Laptop HP Deskjet F4185 printer with scanner {All-in-One}
Therefore we write to officially notify you of this award and also directing you to contact ''Foreign Promo Agent Company'' through email for your winnings award confirmation & verification. And in other to facilitate your claiming process you are require to send in the following personal information for your paper work , which includes the issueing of your price cheque and other winning award documents .
{1} Your Full Names:................. {2} Contact Address:.................. {3} Telephone Number:.............. {4} Fax numbers:....................... {5} Nationality/Country:.............. {6} Date of Birth:........................ {7} Age/Sex:............................... {8} Occupation:..........................
************************************************************************* {Foreign Promo Agent Company} c/o Mr. Brooklyn Hemns Email: brookhermns@yahoo.co.jp **************************************************************************
This draw is made in other to prmote our 'hp product and services' and on behalf of the Intel Group and other International Hewlett Packard Companies.
We say congratulations to you.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Brooklyn Hemns.Hewlett Packard Lottery Promotion DepartmentPro. Coordinator.


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