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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: "info@ymicrosoft.tk" <nghodges@sbcglobal.net>
Reply-To: <info@ymicrosoft.tk>
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 15:33:25 +0100
Subject: Congratulations Your email address won £950,000.00GBP in thisCoca Cola Promotion LOTTERY E-m

Your Email Id has won £950,000.00GBP in the Coca Cola Award Promo.all participants are selected through a computer ballot system by their email addresses drawn from online internet data base of the internatlonal chamber of commerce (I.C.C) and zoned to the london remittance office.send your


Names..
Address..
Tel..

Age:

Occupation:

Attached is your winning ticket number 7PWYZ2010


Best Regard
reverend-fr Michael Kay

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