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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: "Chevron Oil Company" <info@notice.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: usman.yasuf@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 14:16:18 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Greetings!

Greetings!

I am Mr.Usman Yasuf a staff of the Chevron Oil Company,This email is to
notify you that your email address as been selected by the Board of
trustees as one of the final recipients of this year Chevron Oil Company
promotion cash grant donation to celebrate the 30th anniversary
celebration.We are giving out the donation of {$850,000.00} USD to 12
lucky recipients as this year promotion in support from the W.H.O, UN, and
the EU in-accordance with the enabling act of parliament.

Fill out below information and contact the Chevron Oil Company promotion
Department payment center via email contact below:

1. Full Name: 2. Complete Address:
3.Occupation 4. Telephone Number:

Contact Person: Mr.Usman Yasuf
Tell: +234 813 092 6037
E-mail: usman.yasuf@hotmail.com


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