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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: Susan Brown <ppp.dziekanowlesny@neostrada.pl>
Reply-To: evansthomas48@aim.com
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:37:01 -0700
Subject: BP PAYMENT CLAIMS

BP, London, SE1 7NA - United Kingdom
BP Prize Redemption Centre,
104 Stockport Road,
Longsight, London
M601 2DB - United Kingdom.
BATCH REF: 07/2010/08

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of GBP 192,000.00 Great Britain Pounds for the 2010 International E-mail Draw which is Organized by BP Company of United Kingdom.
BP Company UK collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo, Aol, Walla, Gmail, American Mail, Russian Mail, Indian Mail, Arabic Mail, Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers. Six people are selected yearly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. BP Award must be claimed not later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification. Any Prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.
Stated below is your ticket number:
TICKET NUMBER: 004-BPSH10

This numbers fall within the Location File [HBLD], kindly fill the verification form below and send with the details below and your winning identification numbers;
1. FULL NAME:...............................................................................
2. AGE:............................................................................................
3.SEX:..............................................................................................
4.ADDRESS:....................................................................................
5.COUNTRY:.....................................................................................
6. OCCUPATION/POSITION:..........................................................
9. COMPANY:.................................................................................
10.EMAIL: .......................................................................................
11. TICKET NUMBER:.....................................................................
AGENT NAME: Mr.Evans Thomas.
E-Mail: evansthomas48@aim.com
An urgent response will help us facilitate the release of your fund without any delay.
Congratulations!! once again.
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs.Susan Brown.
[Publicity Secretary]

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