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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: "Rotimi Williams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rtm.williamsjn@googlemail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:46:17 -0700
Subject: Your winning compensation!!

Mr.Rotimi Somtochukwu Williams.
Compensation Payment Coordinator
Euro-Afric Lottery Incorporated
103 Awolowo way Ikoyi
Lagos Nigeria.
Inquiry: +234 1 666 3090
Mobile: +234 812 268 7882.
 
 
Attn; Lucky Winners,
 
 
You are one of our lucky Internet Lottery draw winners of last year in our 2010 Africa lottery draw for participating countries but unfortunately For some logistic reasons we were unable to contact you to remit your payment to you. With few weeks to the commencement of the 2010 world cup which Africa is hosting we decided to compensate you and other winners as a way to create awareness and promote the world cup festival being hosted in African soil for the first time.
 
Be informed that when we applied to the government for the consent to conduct this year lottery they mandated us to compensate last year winners who we did not pay so as to restore the credibility of the lottery and by extension the sponsors. We sincerely apologize for the delay in contacting you for this compensation and pledge to do our best to make sure that such delay does not occur in future.
 
 
Based on the advice and directory of our sponsors we are to compensate you and other winners of last year with the sum of $950,000.00 only.
 
Please reconfirm your information which will be needed to process your payment, the information we need from you before proceeding with you are as follow;
 
 
Your full Names:
Your Full Address:
Your Next of Kin:
Your date of Birth:
Your present occupation.
 
 
We pay only through International certified bank draft or ATM debit card (Visa card) depending on which one you want. We expect a prompt response from you accordingly.
 
 
Regards,
Rotimi Williams.
Euro-Afric Lottery Inc
 
 
 
 


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