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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: "Mr. Tim Green" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Johnb_rown002@fmbolivia.net>
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 09:01:33 +0100
Subject: Good News !

ATTENTION:WINNER
RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement
this day of September, 2010 of winners of the VICTORY
PROMO LOTTERY,THE SPAIN/ INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS
held on 7th September, 2010.
Your email address,is attached to ticket number
023-0148-790-459, with serial number 5073-11 drew
the lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43, and consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay
out of US$5,500.000.00 in cash credited to file REF
NO. SSW/25041238013/03. This is from total prize money of
US$80,400,000.00 shared among the seventeen
international winners in this category.
To begin your claim, please contact your claim
agent with the form below filled out for claims;
Name: MR.JOHN BROWN,
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
RAYMOND CROSSROAD, SPAIN,
VIA THIS EMAIL ADDRESS: Johnb_rown002@fmbolivia.net

CLAIMS FORM.

1,YOUR FULLNAME:........................
2,YOUR SEX:.............................
3,YOUR ADDRESS:.........................
4,YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER:...............
5,YOUR FAX NUMBER:.....................
6,YOUR OCCUPATION:.....................
7,YOUR COMPANY'S NAME:.................
8,YOUR AGE:............................
9,YOUR REF NUMBER:.SSW/25041238013/03.

Please also indicate how you which to receive your
prize won of US$ 5.5Million ,choose from the following
medium.

1,By Cheque/Draft
2,Cash
3,Bank Wire Transfer.

Sincerely,
MR.Tim Green
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
VICTORY PROMO LOTTERY,THE
SPAIN.

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