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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: "Aline Farias Queiroz" <aline@al.to.gov.br>
Reply-To: mrgary.oxford@mail.mn
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:34:13 -0300
Subject: Special Greetings From Nidec Copal Corporation.

Nidec Copal Electronics Corporation UK.
Address : Embark Lane 23, London. United Kingdom

We at NIDEC COPAL global office likes to officially congratulate you for
the draw that was held by our company which featured you as the winner,
Your email address with MICROS ID ( LGT-901GH ) was luckily drawn to be
this year's winner of a Brand New 2009 BMW X6 Drive35i and a cash prize
of $950,000.00 United States Dollars.

You are hereby requested to contact our agent for more details on our
promotion in particular before taking further actions to claim your
prize. See details of him below. Mr. Gary Oxford
( mrgary.oxford@mail.mn ) Direct Line:+44 701 116 2828
When contacting the claims agent you should include the following if
you must get a response from him;
*Your Full Name *Address *Phone number
*Age *Gender *Occupation *Nationality

Special greetings from the entire family of NIDEC COPAL Worldwide.
Signed,
Mrs Alines F. Queiroz.

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