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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: "WORLDWIDE | LOTTERY | COMPANY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr-cooper-hort2011@live.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:17:26 +0530
Subject: CONGRATULATION!! YOU HAVE WON!!!

WORLDWIDE | LOTTERY | COMPANY
Grand Royale London Hyde Park
1C Inverness Terrace, Westminster,
London W2 3JP, United Kingdom.

Congratulations!!!,

This is The last and Final Notice of your award, reply now to get your
fortune. IF THERE IS NO RESPONSE FROM YOU, YOUR DETAILS WILL BE DELETED FINALLY
FROM OUR DATABASE. Congratulations you have won ($2,500,000.00 Million) and a brand
new apple laptop from the WorldwideLotto Organization. The online
WorldwideLotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of data
base addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an
advanced automated random computer search from world internet log base..

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM!!

(1)Full name:
(2)Home Address:
(3)Office Address:
(4)Name of Country:
(5)Mobile Number:
(6)Office Tel:
(7)Home Tel:
(8)Fax Number:
(9)Private E-mail address:(mr-cooper-hort2011@live.com)
(10)Date of birth:
(11)Marital Status:
(12)Sex:
(13)Occupation:
(14)Copy of valid ID proof (add to your mail as attachment)

Further more for your claims of $2,500,000.00,
you are advice to responds for guidance for
you to receive your winning money :

CONTACT EMAIL:mr-cooper-hort2011@live.com

Mr.Cooper Hort
Direct Line: ++447010023868
Claims Director

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