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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: "E-Lot Promo" <info@e-lot.org>
Reply-To: dalewis2009@yahoo.cn
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:57:09 +0300
Subject: E-Lot Promo: $2,500,000.00.USD Winner!!!




THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR E-LOT PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
*Ref Number:RGM/1313-101
*Batch Number: 444821545-NL/2009
*Ticket Number: PP 3812 /2009-03
*Winning Amount : $2,500,000.00.USD

Attn: Dear Internet User,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of our Internet Promotional
Draws. This is a reward program for the patronage of internet services and
all email addresses entered for this promotional draws were randomly
selected from an internet resource database of of registered software and
domain users.
To file in for the processing of your prize winnings, you are advised to
contact our Certified and Accredited claims agent for category 'A' winners
with the information below:
***********************************************
CLAIMS AGENT
Name: Mr.Damien Lewis
Tel:+31 626 006 051
Email: dalewis2009@yahoo.cn
Foreign Claims Agent Netherlands Office.
***********************************************
You are advised to provide him with the following information:
First Name:Last Name:Tel/Fax Number:Nationality:Occupation:Age:

Yours Faithfully,
Phil Rihne.
Lottery Coordinator


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