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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: "HOME EQUITY LOTTERY." (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:44:56 -0700
Subject: ** CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON $300,000 IN THE HOME EQUITY LOTTERY **

The Home Equity of America:
Operators of The Home Equity Lotto.(DFBL)
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Olathe, kansas , 66062.

Dear Winner,

My name is WALTER MORGAN and i am the Senior Vice President of the Home Equity of America Lotto.. I am contacting you regarding Home Equity Line of Credit Lottery of $300,000..

Home Equity of America is a Subsidiary of the Fifth Third Bancorp. The Company Moved its Credit Center operations to Cincinnati, the Location of the Bancorp's Headquarters and corporate Operations Center.

The Home Equity of America Lotto.(DFBL) draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 3 lucky names of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the Social Security Office. No tickets were sold.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

After this automated Social Security Department ballot, your name has been emerged as a winner in the category "DFBL: 3" with the following numbers attached Ref Number: SS 2290 ES 8474, Batch Number: 734857681545-US/2007 and Ticket draw Number: 73, 83, 47, You are therefore to receive a cash prize of $300,000.00 (Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) from the total payout.

This promotion is this year's Social Security Deaf Lottery in conjunction with Home Equity of America bonanza. All winning must be claimed not later than 5 working days from this notification. After this time all unclaimed funds will be returned to Social Security Union Treasury Department as unclaimed.

PLEASE NOTE: in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence.


You are adviced to contact our trusted and appointed official agent on the contact information listed below or you can also have conversation with them by instant chating on the id and email below:


Name : JULIA MALCOLMS
Email: deafcares@aim.com

You can also have an instant chatting conversation on the below id:

AOL Id: deafcares

You can also contact the Home Equity Account's manager of the Citi Bank through this email,

Name :- SANDY CRAWFORD
Email :- sandy.crawford@boa-online.us


You are advice to provide him with the following information:


Names:
Telephone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Age:
Country:
State:


(This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.


Yours Faithfully,
Linda Marples.
Lottery Coordinator.


This email may contain information which is confidential and/or privileged. The information is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents is prohibited. If you have received this electronic transmission in error,please notify the sender by telephone or return email and delete the material from your computer.

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