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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: "COMMONWEALTH GAMES LOTTERY" <carroll1234@eircom.net>
Reply-To: <commonwealth90@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 10:47:25 +0100
Subject: Congratulation! Congratulation!! Congratulation!!!


ATTENTION EMAIL USER,

I wish to congratulate you on behalf of the Bmw Automobile Company Online Promotion for been selected as one of our lucky winner of 1,200,000(One Million Two Hundred Thousand Naira) and a bmw 5 series car WON BY YOUR EMAIL ID.
FOR CLAIM CONNTACT;
MR.ANDREW PETERS
EMAIL:london.bmw@hotmail.com
SEND HIM YOUR
1.NAME
2.PHONE NUMBER
3.AGE
4.NATIONALITY

CONTRATULATIONS ON BEHALF OF BMW AUTOMOBILE COMPANY


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