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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: "Customer Service" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <capital1creditunion@mynet.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:41:24 +0200
Subject: Your Transfer

Good day Sir/Ma,

Every Month a random email is selected from all webmail database around the world to select a winner for the 2010 Email Lottery and your email was selected as the winner of the 2010 Email Lottery, You have won the total sum of $500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand US dollars) Your Funds has been deposited in our CapitalOne Credit Union Bank Domicilary Account.Due to the amount of fraud over the internet we do not participate in courier deliveries of cheque. All you have to do is contact: capital1creditunion@mynet.com to transfer the funds from our domicilary account to any account of your choice as soon as the transfer is complete you will recieve your funds immediately. This is %100 Risk Free Because you will not be required to give out your bank details to anyone

Account Number/User ID: 40366729013
PIN Number/Password: CAP97623BN

NOTE: Please do not give out your PIN Number/Password to anyone.


For Assisitance contact Bank Manager
E-mail: capital1creditunion@mynet.com

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