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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: "STMICROELECTRONICS COMPANY LIMITED" <stmicro@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mr.cuomo.stmicro@live.co.uk
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 07:28:34 -0300 (BRT)
Subject:




STMICROELECTRONICS COMPANY LIMITED
Address: 39, Chemin du Champ des Filles
C.P 21
CH 1228 Plan-Les-Ouates
GENEVA, Switzerland
Website: www.st.com


:::___YEAR 2010 EMAIL PRIZE AWARDS___:::

Dear Winner,

We at STmicroelectronics global office likes to officially congratulate
you for the draw that was just held by our company which featured you as
the second place winner. Our company holds promotions each year just to
promote our global publicity and reputations as we plan to exploit more
corners of the world with our highly valued products line.

This promotion is just one of various ways we are presently using to
achieve this global vision of ours. Your email address with MICRO ID:
(PLD-29103-LGT-901GH-9JL) was luckily drawn to be this year's second place
winner a cash prize of Four
Hundred And Eighty Five Thousand ($485,000 USD) United States Dollars.
This money and gift we believe will enable you make some impact in the
society and possibly invest in our company in the near future.

You are hereby requested to contact our agent for more details on our
promotion in particular before taking furtheractions to claiming your
prize.Ensure you contact Mr A. Cuomo who is our claims official in Europe
(United Kingdom) and also a Representativewho understands English and some
european languages. See details of him below;

Name : A . Cuomo
Email : mr.cuomo.stmicro@live.co.uk
Address : Embark Lane 23, London. United Kingdom
Telephone : +447024099697

When contacting the claims agent you should include the following if
you must get a
response from him:

*** Your Full Name: Edward Van Eck
*** Address: 50 Harveys rd.

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