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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: "V. Howard" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <vivianhoward@i12.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:19:32 +0200
Subject: How are you



02 Telecommunication Network.
AMOUNT WON: One Million GBP
Ticket No:02/V/Card/0803/
Notification Date:25/06/2009
Winning No:M/V/card/180/2009

Dear Winner,

Congratulations The Orange mobile telecommunication network service has
chosen you by the Board of Executive Directors as one of the final
recipients of a cash Grant / Donation. The online cyber draws was conducted
from an exclusive list of 100,000 email addresses of individuals and
corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer selection
from the web. This promotion is to celebrate our annual anniversary 2009
programme, We are giving out a yearly donation of Thity Million British Pounds to 30
lucky recipients around the world. Contact our Event Administrator now

Vivian Howard.
Event Administrator
Claims Department
Email: vivianhoward@i12.com
Tel: +44 703 596 6041
Fax: +44-7006-022-372

Mr Mark Hughes
02® Award Promotion
© 2009 Online Award Promotion Edition


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