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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: "OFFICE OF THE SENATE" <info@senatehouse.com>
Reply-To: mrdldjones8@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 14:48:50 +0800
Subject: GRANT DONATION 2009!!!

Dear Beneficiary,
Ref Num: (GRT-877)

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice that office of the
Senate House has chosen you by the board of trustees as one of the
final recipients of this year promotion cash Grant/Donation to
celebrate the 30th anniversary celebration and your email address have
emerged a Grant of {$750,000.00 USD} Seven hundred and fifty thousand
united state dollars. We are giving out a yearly donation of
{$750,000.00 USD} Seven hundred and fifty thousand united state dollars
to 12 lucky recipients as this Year promotion from the W.H.O, UN, and
the EU in accordance with the enabling act of Parliament.
Participants were selected through a computer bllot system drawn from
2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa,
America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of
our International Promotions Program. CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now
deposited with the paying Bank.

In your best interest to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind,
we request that you keep the entire details of your grant award
strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your
claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your bank
account.
NOTE: To file for your claim, please fill out below
information and contact the payout bank Via email contact below.

1. Full Name:....... 2. Address:........ 3. Nationality:.........
4. Age:.......... 5. Sex:.......... 6. Occupation:..........
7. Phone/Fax:......... 8. Present Country:...........

Contact Agent:
Mr. Donald Jones
E-mail: mrdldjones8@yahoo.com.hk
Tel: +234 805 279 0400

Your Faithfully
Donald Jones

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