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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: Nestle Company <department.result7@msn.com>
Reply-To: <fpa-compy@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:51:16 +0000
Subject: Offer Mail



Dear Sir/Madam,

The beginnings of NESCAFE can be traced back to 1930, when the Brazilian government challenged Nestle to create a coffee that could be made simply by adding water but which retained the coffee's natural flavours. After seven years of development by coffee guru Max Morgenthaler and his Swiss research team, NESCAFE was born and the breakthrough was introduced to the world on April 1st 1938.

During this, it became the staple beverage of the US armed forces and, from then on, its popularity really took off. By the 1950s, coffee was in the drink for the young rock roll generation who flocked to the new coffee bars. Therefore in our little way of showing our dear customers appreciation for their patronages during this period of years, an e-mail electronic online draw was held by us {Nestle Company} here in Ghana.In promotion to our products national-wide and your email address emerged as one of our online winning emails in the 2nd round and therefore won you the following below:

A cash prize of 1,000,000 GBP {One million pounds}

We therefore congratulate you over your success in the following official publication results for the 1st quarter of the year promotion. And in other to facilitate your claiming process you are required to send in the following personal information for your verification process before claim by email to our { Nestle company}, which involves the issuing of a prize.

{1} Your Full Names:...............
{2} Contact Address:...............
{3} Telephone Number:..............
{4} Country:.......................
{5} Age/Sex:.......................
{6} Occupation:....................
{7} Choose your preferred mode of collecting your prizes below:.....................

{A} Bank Wire Transfer
{B} Courier Delivery.

Email: fpa-compy@msn.com

This draw is made in other to promote our ''products'' and on behalf of Nestle company,

Our other products are: {Nescafe Original,Nescafe Gold Blend, Nescafe Collection, Nescafe Half Caff, Nescafe Decaff, Nescafe Black Gold, Nescafe Blend 37,Nescafe Partners' Blend, Nescafe Fine Blend, Nescafe Cafe Menu, Nescafe Dolce Gusto, Nescafe Cappuccino To Go, Nescafe Parisien, Nestle Aero Hot Chocolate, Nestle Coffee-mate, Nestle Coffee-mate}

We say congratulations to you.

Yours faithfully,

Mr.Wood Hooky

For: Nestle Company,
All Saints Building M15 6BH,
Accra- Ghana

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