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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:
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "RED DOT COMPANY" <zonalareaoffice7@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:31:41 +0200
Subject: GOOD NEWS
We are happy to notify you that your e-mail address was selected which won
you three hundred thousand dollars
in our on-going 2010 award presentation. Your email was selected from the
database of your email account provider which was pick-out after a random
sampling.
You were chosen by the Red Dot Company Board Committee as one of the
recipients of this year award to celebrate the success of the Monetary and
Fiscal year.
To file for the claim of this award money you are therefore advice to
reply back with your detail below
Name....
Address....
Occupation....
phone
number.......
Country......
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs.Trace Smith
http://en.red-dot.org/
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