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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: "United State Cash Winning" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <usacashwinning@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:35:54 +0100
Subject: Notification

United States Lottery
Path Mark #61613440
Springfield Blvd Spring
Field Gardens, NY11413

Attn: Lucky Winner

We are delighted to inform you of your winning from the United States International Lottery which is partially based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses. Your e-mail address was attached to the following details

Reference Number: 575061725
Ticket Number: 8056490902/188,
Winning Number: KB8701/LPRC

This Lottery is sponsored and promoted by the U.S Government as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base and the sum of One Million United States Dollars ($1,000.000.00USD) has been approve to you for immediate payment as the winner for the 2010 Lottery promotion.

You are hereby advised to contact the claims agent with the following details for the processing and collection of your winning prize.

Claims Agent: Dr. Green Wood
Official Email: usacashwinning@aol.com

Please Quote Your Date of draw, Reference Number, Ticket Number, Winning Number While Contacting the Claims Agent.

For security reasons, we advice you to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and been released to you, this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming

Congratulations once again on your winning!!

Best Regards,
Mr. John Wilson
Management

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