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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: "Suzuki Motors" <info@suzukimotors.com>
Reply-To: optlist2009@luckymail.com
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 12:17:57 +0400 (MSD)
Subject: SUZUKI COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE




THE SUZUKI MOTORS COMPANY
PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.

SUZUKI COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION"

You are to be noted that the online draws was conducted by a random
selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail
addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced
automated random computer search from the internet. However, no tickets
were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket
numbers for representation and privacy.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over
250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.

Therefore we are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded
annual final draws held 2009 by SUZUKI Motor Company your email was among
the 5 Lucky winners who won $550, 000.00(Five Hundred Thousand United
State Dollars) attached to ticket number (SUZESPXX09) and ballot number
(BT:16122009/09) In other to claim your award which is $550,000.00 prize.
You are require to fill the form below and send it to the promotion
manager of THE SUZUKI MOTOR COMPANY for verification before payout.

FULL NAMES:.....................................

AGE:........................................

SEX:.........................................

ADDRESS:(RESIDENT ADDRESS ONLY)................................

EMAIL:....................................

PHONE:...................................

COUNTRY:................................

Please you are advised to complete the form and send it immediately to our
Promotion manager through email for prompt collection of your fund
(CONTACT PROMOTION MANAGER)
Name: Mr Antonio Pepo
E MAIL: optlist2009@luckymail.com
Mobil : 0034-672500941

*Your lucky winning number falls within our southern europe booklet
representative office in Spain as showed in the coupon.For security
reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential
until your claim is processed
and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim
your prize

Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,
Mr Ming wang
VICE PRESIDENT
SUZUKI MOTORS COMPANYS



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