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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: "claims lottery office" <lotteryoffice.org@saude.df.gov.br>
Reply-To: customer.ban.wire12@live.com
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 00:16:56 -0300
Subject: Congratulations lucky winner you won a lottery promo .




OFFICE OF THE PROMO LOTTERY COMMITTEE
ON FOREIGN PAYMENT (RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)

Dear lucky winner.
Congratulations you are a lucky winner as we bring to your notice, the
final notification from the Office of the senate president. The house of
senate has chosen you by the Board of trustees as one of the final
recipients of this year(2010) promotion cash grant/Donation.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary celebration, We are giving out a
yearly donation promo of The ATM master Card Valued $2,000,000.00 USD to
2 lucky recipients, as this Year promotion from the W.H.O, UN, and the EU
in accordance with the enabling act of Parliament aimed to support
Humanitarian Growth, Alleviate Poverty, Education, Community
Developments, and to encourage Internet users.
You are to fill the verification form below with the necessary
information for confirmation and send it with your Winning Batch
Number to the Foreign Payment Remittance Officer via the contact
email address given below:
Full Name:........................
Residential Address:..............
country...........................
Occupation:......................
Telephone .......................
Number:..........................
Age:.............................
Winning Batch Number: (W-342-8876,U-500-32)
(Foreign Payment Remittance Officer)
Contact customer.ban.wire12@live.com
Once again congratulations...
From the office of :Mr' Wale Collins
Chairman: House Committee On Foreign Payment.


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