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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: "E.A.E.F" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <michaelwood.e.a.e.f@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 02:51:18 +0800
Subject: From European-Asia Education Foundation in Association

FROM THE DESK OF MRS. KATHRYN McLEAN
8TH FLOOR, 39 WOODLANDS CLOSE GOLDERS
GREEN LONDON NW11 9QR UNITED KINGDOM
HEADING :{AWARD RESULT 2011}

>From European-Asia Education Foundation in Association with Readers Digest®, we happily announce to you that you have won award of $750,000.00 at China Payment Center.


Your email address name attached to a ticket number: 44-09-42-09-94-4Q with the serial number: 66-Q99 drew the lucky number: 09-54-90-76-00 which consequently won the draw in the 2nd category. Your email address was among the (10) email addresses chosen to receive grand prize of US$750,000.00 each in this section. Therefore you must contact your Claim Agent.

MR. MICHAEL WOOD
Email:michaelwoodeef10@sifycom
Address:1114,zhong,Xing court, Building,
Oppt,feng,Tianhe, er road, Centre, Floor 1021,
Beijing, China.


He will need to confirm everything we have on file to ensure that,there will be no set backs upon the release of these funds to you. I want you to know that verification and confirmation of all of your payment documents have been sent to our affiliate company, The International Lottery Board of Commissions from our processing office. Also, be rest assured that your winnings will be released to you as {ATM Card or Bank Transfer} which can be used in any Atm machine worldwide. This will be issued from our payee bank in China.


We have five clearance offices zoned continentally AUSTRALIA,CHINA,USA,LONDON & ALGERIA. Clearance zones are picked randomly by computer, each winning number falls within any of the clearance zones picked, it is the duty of the approved zonal clearance officer to handle all clearance processes to make sure bank releases won prize in time.



Your prize number falls within Asia region clearance office in Beijing, China . In view of this, your prize will be released from China, your money has been deposited in the bank with insurance coverage.Your clearance agent will facilitate payment process immediately you contact him.


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