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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: "Agip Oil Company Lottery" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <engrpaulduke@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 08:16:38 -0000
Subject: Your e-mail address has won Cash prize of $500,000 USD

Batch:AGIP OIL/BB705/20
Winning no:Agip oil/662

Dear Sir/Madam,


Your email address has won $500,000 USD(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) from NIGERIAN AGIP OIL COMPANY LTD(NAOC) LOTTERY PROGRAM.This is a Joint Venture between Agip and The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).This Lottery Program is conducted from the electronic selection of the emails address from different sites on internet.Your email address with the number 662 in ballot boxes won the prize.Congratulations,your one of the 8 lucky winners in this Lottery program.


FILL THESE INFORMATIONS BELOW TO CLAIM THIS PRIZE

**Full Name:..
**Contact Address:..
**Phone Number:..
**Age:..
**Nationality:..
**Country:..


SUBMIT YOUR INFORMATION TO THIS CLAIMS AGENT EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW

NAME: ENGR.PAUL DUKE,

E-MAIL: engrpaulduke@yahoo.com
E-MAIL: engrpaulduke@gmail.com



YOURS SINCERELY,
Engr.Ferdinand Carl
Lottery program Director

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