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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: "FRANK MILLE" <research@europe.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: cern_companyeurope@yahoo.com.co
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:21 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: GOOD DAY DEAR FRIEND




Dear Friend,
How are you? I hope all is well with your family, friends and pets. I hope
this
urgent mail meets you in a perfect condition. We have no time to waste
regarding the
information I am about to tell you, it is an urgent and

serious matter.

My name is Professor FRANK MILLER, senior data analyst here at the CERN
institute based
here in Geneva(http://public.web.cern.ch/public/) CERN, the European
Organization
for Nuclear Research, is one of the world’s largest and most respected
centres for
scientific research. Its business is fundamental physics, finding out what
the
Universe is made of and how it works. You may have seen on the news that,
in recent
days, our Large Hadron Collider machine has been colliding high-speed
beams of
energy in order to explore new physics and understand how the universe
began. CERN
have been adamant that this is safe, however I KNOW THE TRUTH.
The truth is that this experiment that CERN are conducting is extremely
dangerous,
and could cause global disaster. This experiment has a 95% of causing a
black hole,
thus swallowing a large area of the planet. The scientists do not want you
to know
this as they know it will cause panic.

However, I can help you.

I am arranging for a number of selected people to be evacuated to a safe
location on
an island in the South Pacific via aeroplane. You have been selected from
random to
take part in this evacuation, thus continuing the survival of the human race.
Please, if you are interested, email me back immediately with the following
information:

Full name:
Age:
Contact number:
Country:
Email address:

Please send all emails to my private box:>cern_companyeurope@yahoo.com.co
Regards, and God bless.
Dr.FRANK MILLER

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