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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: Dorothy Angelo <dorothy@angello.com>
Reply-To: eddiegoodman05@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 07 May 2010 04:41:15 +0200
Subject: Internet User Encouragement Promotions



Volkswagen MOTORS WORLDWIDE LTD.
Internet User Encouragement Promotions
VW Motors
P.O. Box 999
Manchester
M4 1LE


We are officially announcing to you the result of VW Motors Email Lottery
promotion held on the 30th April 2010 as part of our programs to
Launch Our multi million dollar office that was commissioned on 25th of April
2010
in Manchester United Kingdom. Your email was attached to ticket number
VJETTA-UK-VP990003-M4GA with draw number P93VWJ which consequently won you in
The 2nd category prize, your email address was extracted from our electronic
Email extraction system which randomly selected Fifth teen (15) Lucky
Winners of which your email address was among one of the lucky winner.
You have therefore been approved for a payout of a total sum 850,000 GBP
(EIGHT HUNDRED & FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS).


CONGRATULATIONS!!!
We also advise that you keep your winning information very confidential as
our security policy demands to avoid double claims/impersonation and
unwarranted
abuse of this program by some individuals. The selection process was
carried our through our computerized Email Selection System (ESS)
which selects
email from a database of over 600,000 email address was drawn from all
over the
continents of the World.

This promotions being the first of its kind will now take place
annually and we hope you will also take part in our next year One Million
Pounds Sterling International Lottery Game. To file your claim, you are to
contact our Customer Service Unit authorized to conduct the necessary
Verification to enable you receive your Cash Prize.(You will receive more
email upon acknowledgement of this email).



Customer Service Unit


CONTRACTED AGENCY: EDDIE GOODMAN & ASSOCIATES

CONTACT PERSON



Mr. Eddie Goodman
Tel : +44 702 407 4556
Email: eddiegoodman05@gmail.com
20 Queens land Road, Manchester
SW2 3JB ENGLAND. U.K
---------------------------

You are to call your claims agent assigned for your claims, or send an
email to them, you are to provide to your agents the below under listed
information as
soon as possible:


1. NAME IN FULL:
2. ADDRESS (IN FULL):
3. NATIONALITY:
4. AGE:
5. SEX:
6. OCCUPATION (POSITION HELD):
7. HOME/MOBILE & FAX NUMBER:


This program is promoted and sponsored by Microsoft, Emirates Airline and the
Shell Group and we intend to use this medium to help individuals generate
fortunes, which would encourage them to expand their business frontiers
thereby creating more opportunities and assisting with humanitarian Concerns
within
their immediate environment. All winning must be claimed not later than
one Week of Acknowledgment. After this date all unclaimed funds will be
returned to VW
Motors Treasury as Unclaimed.



Yours in service,
Dorothy Angelo


(Programs & Events).
Material Copyright © 2010 the VW Co. Ltd.

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