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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: "BEIJING CONSUMER FINANCE COMPANY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <frankxiang@163.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:38:52 +0800
Subject: HELL0! YOU ARE AMONG THE SELECTED WINNERS

BEIJING CONSUMER FINANCE COMPANY

XIN YUE ASIA LOTTERY PROMOTIONS
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONAL SECTION
PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION


We are pleased to inform you of the announcement made on August 15th, 2010 of winners of the XIN YUE ASIA LOTTERY PROMOTIONS. As part of our promotional draws,participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from all parts of the world as part of our electronic business Promotions Program. Note that you/your email address qualified for the draw as a result of your visiting various websites we are running the e-business promotions for.

Your Winning Ticket Number. 490-143-3014
Your Serial Number. 214-56
Your lucky draw Numbers are. 2, 5, 9, 54, 49, 14 Bonus Number 59
Your INSURANCE Number: FLD718/470D/GMSA

You have therefore been approved for the payment of the sum of US$800,000,00 in cash, which is the winning amount for the Second category winners. This is from the total prize money of US$8,550,000.00 shared among the international winners in the Second category.CONGRATULATIONS!

To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent immediately.
FRANK XIANG
FOREIGN SERVICES MANAGER,
BEIJING CONSUMER FINANCE COMPANY
TAOJIN LU,GUANGZHOU,CHINA.
frankxiang@163.com

Congratulations! once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,
MRS.XE ZHOU
VICE PRESIDENT INT.PROMOTIONS

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