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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: "Ta Quang Nghia" <tqnghia@mic.gov.vn>
Reply-To: michaelstelzel918@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2009 04:19:53 +0700
Subject: CONFIRM YOUR WINNING SUM (15 MILLION EURO)

SKL/Collomix Lotto-GmbH, Postfach 11 46 85078 Gaimersheim
website:http://www.skl.de/
Sir/Madam,

CONGRATULATIONS: YOU WON 15,000.000.00 Euros

We are pleased to inform you of the result of Skl national lottery which
Your e-mail address attached to Reference Number: SKL/162009/OMI.Please
note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in London.


You are advice to contact your claim officer with the following details


Contact: Mr Michael Stelzel
FIDUCIARY AGENT, Payment and Release order
Email: michaelstelzel918@gmail.com
Tel :+44 703 194 9899


NAME:
ADDRESS:
AMOUNT WON:
COUNTRY:
PHONE NUMBER:
AGE:
SEX:
OCCUPATION:


Sincerely,
Mrs Vanessa Svensson
Online Coordinator



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