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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: "Red Dot Company" <info@reddot.com>
Reply-To: reddot.award@mail.com
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 18:52:42 -0300
Subject: You Are Among Our List Of Winners


We are happy to notify you that your e-mail address was selected which won
you 600,000 Dollars in our on-going 2010 award presentation,

To file for the claim of this award money you are
therefore advice to reply back with your

Name....
Address....
Occupation....
Contact number.......
Age...

Upon your response you will be updated with more information on
the claim.feel free to call us on the number below.
+2348091425514

Regards
Dr. Peter Zec (Red Dot).

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