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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: "MARY TUREH" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gglewoods10@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 10:15:21 +0530
Subject: DEAR VALUED WINNER

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to inform you that you have won prize money of £750,000.00 GBP
only in the just concluded 2010 GOOGLE INT'L CWG Online Award held in London, England, UK in the favor of the citizens of the CWG host country.
We collect all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among
the millions that subscribed to yahoo, hotmail and various Microsoft window
versions and other internet search engines all around the world.

We only select 5 people every year as our winners, through electronic
balloting System without the winner directly applying.
Below is the details of your winning which must be quoted in every mail you
send to us for security reasons and to avoid impersonation;

Batch number.....................YW/08872/PY
Ref number.......................WL/7662/5AQ
Winning number...................WZ554/30

However, you will be required to fill and submit this form to the events
manager so that he can immediately schedule the release of your winning prize
four days from the day of receipt of your response.

NB, as soon as you receive this mail, you should be checking your email
everyday for updates because if we do not hear from you for more than two days
without a good reason, we will assume you are not qualified to receive the
prize because it is a free poverty alleviation promotion for all
irrespective of status.

1. Full name :
2. Contact Address :
3. Age :
4. Telephone Number :
5. Marital Status:
6. Sex :
7. Occupation :
8. Monthly income :
9. State :
10.Nationality :
11.Email Id :

NB: BE SURE TO SEND YOUR REPLY TO MR TO MR TOM WOODS ON HIS EMAIL ID SO THAT YOUR WINNING CAN BE PROCESSED AS WE WILL NOT ATTEND TO ANY MAIL THAT IS ADDRESSED AND DIRECTED TO HIS EMAIL BELOW;

Name : Mr. T. Woods
gglewoods10@gmail.com
Tel: +44 87 1237 4767

CONGRATULATION ON YOUR WINNING.

MARY TUREH
EVENTS MANAGER

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