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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: "FIFA2010 DRAW" (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:14:45 +0200
Subject: FELICITATION

>From The Desk of Mrs Janie Alfie
2010 Mobile Draw Result
PO Box 1010,
Liverpool L70 1NL- United Kingdom

Attn: Dear Winner

This is to inform you that you have won prize money of Two Million Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$2, 800,000. 00.) for this month, Prize promotion which is organized by FIFA through collective numbers of the people that are active with their numbers, among the millions that subscribers and Mobile Draw select one million cell phone numbers as part of the FIFA 2010 Award Promotion but only to those residing outside the United Kingdom. Two 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 Centre. FIFA 2010 Mobile Prize Award must be claimed within the stipulated time frame from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited and below are your identification numbers:

BATCH NUMBER: FIFA-SA/40/UK-4329

REFERENCE NUMBER: UK231/SA1492

PIN: 42341

These numbers fall within the United Kingdom Location file, you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in London and send your winning identification numbers to him; below you will find a Documentation Form, requesting you're required Particulars.


MOBILE ONLINE DOCUMENTATION FORM
FULL NAMES:
ADDRESS
STATE:
PHONE:/FAX:
CELL NUMBER:
COUNTRY:
SEX:
AGE:
MARITAL STATUS:
OCCUPATION:
E-MAIL ADDRESS:
NATIONALITY:

You are required to fill and submit the above particulars to our Overseas Claims Payment Unit with the below email address.


Contact Mr. Andrew Freeman
Fax: +44 8704959866 Tel, +44 7924511726
Email; fifamobiledraw@yahoo.co.uk
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
At your disposal, I remain.

Yours in service,

Mrs Janie Alfie
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WARNING!
Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your money is successful handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claim. You may also receive similar message from people portraying to be other Organizations or Mobile Draw. This is solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over your winning. In event that you receive any thing similar to the notification letter that was sent to you, kindly delete it from your phone and give no further correspondence to such person or body. Mobile shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above mentioned.

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