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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: "Free Internet Lottery" <info@notification.com>
Reply-To: laurenceanderson01@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 02:40:11 +0100 (CET)
Subject:




Date: 03/11/2010
http://www.freeinternetlottery.com/terms.php
lotto Tickets No. lotto/2010/ATM.

Congratulation!!!

You have won an ATM CARD worth ONE MILLION USD (US$1,000,000.00) From The
Free internet lottery, your e-mail address was Chosen on the 03/11/2010,
and was attach to free lotto Ticket No. lotto/2010/ATM that won you the
Jackpot.

To claim your prize, you are advice to contact our payment department.

======================================
Name: Mr. Laurence Anderson
Email: laurenceanderson01@yahoo.com.hk
Tel: +234-705-837-8067
======================================

Please forward the below details via email to our payment department.

1. Full Name:
2. Address:
3. Occupation:
4. Country:
5. Telephone:
6. Sex:
7. Age:
8. State/City:

Please quote your Ticket Numbers to the the lottery payment department for
security reasons. Ticket No. lotto/2010/ATM. quote in all discussions.


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