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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: "Citromail Lottery Inc" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <tonyscott@citromail.hu>
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:16:41 -0000
Subject: Citromail Lottery Winner

Citromail Inc.
DFS Bentley Moor Lane, Adwick le Street
Doncaster DN6 7BD South Yorkshire.
London, United kingdom


This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of One Million, Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand U.S Dollars (US$1,550,000) for the month of November, 2009 Prize Promotion which is Organized by Citromail Inc.

Citromail, YAHOO! Hotmail! Aol collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the million of Asians especially Chinese Nationals that subscribed to Yahoo, Hotmail and other email networks like yours, Six people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. This Award must be claimed no later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.

Stated below are your identification numbers:
BATCH NUMBER: CTA 09102XN
REFERENCE NUMBER: CTA35447XN
PIN: CTA09788


These numbers fall within the England Location file, you are requested to contact our claims agent in London and send your winning identification numbers to him;

Agent Name:
Mr Tony Scott
E-Mail: tonyscott@citromail.hu
PHONE: +44-704-579-1395

You are advised to send the following information to your Claims Agent to facilitate the release of of your fund to you.

First name..............................
Last Name.............................
Country..................................
Contact Address.....................
Telephone Number................
fax Number............................
Marital Status.........................
Occupation.............................
Date of birth......................

Congratulations once again.

Yours in sincerely,
Dr. (Mrs.) Mary Wood
marywood@citromail.hu

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