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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: "National Gaming Board" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <catherinavincents@mail2Consultant.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 14:57:49 -0000
Subject: Congratulation

On behalf of the National Gaming Board, I hereby announce that your
email has been drawn winner of the program held on Saturday 11th December, 2010.
Your e-mail address won in the 2nd category and you are hereby entitled to
500,000.00 GBP (Five Hundred Thousand Pounds).
To file for your claim, please contact our agent, Mrs.Catherine Vincent for
validation on email: catherinavincents@mail2Consultant.com
Email her the following information for immediate processing;
name, address, occupation and phone number(s)
Kevin Jones
Coordinator.
Tel:+447024015718

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