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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: "CHEVRON OIL 2010" <info@CHEVRONOIL.com>
Reply-To: game_board_1@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:55:58 +0800
Subject: N/A

This is to inform you that you have won a cash prise whot of,
One Million, United States Dollars, ($1,000,000.00) for this year
2010 Lottery.
this promo is organized by CHEVRON OIL/PETROLUEM 2010.
These are your identification numbers:
Batch number....................CT 091026XN
Reff number......................CT 095447XN
Winning number...............CT 097886XN
These numbers fall within your Location file, you
are requested to contact the events manager/Claims````
Department, send your winning Identification numbers to him,den ro email and
name
Tel: +234-703-44-33 747
E-mail: claims_044@hotmail.com
1.Full Names___
2 Address_____
3 Age________
4 Sex________
5 Marital Status__
6 Occupation____
7 Phone numbers___
8 Country_______
Yours faithfully,
Mr Mark Dicove

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