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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: "VODAFONE LOTTERY ONLINE PROMO UK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <voda-foneclaims011@gmx.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:20:15 +0800
Subject: Dear Beneficiary

Dear Beneficiary, We gladly wish to inform you of the draws held in United Kingdom, by the VODAFONE
INTERNATIONAL ONLINE PROGRAM in conjunction with the National Organizing Committee of the 2011/2012 up coming
Barclays Premier League.You have been approved for a lump sum pay out of Two Hundred And Thousand Great Britain Pounds (200.000.00
GBP) in cash credited to file Draw Order Number: D562785, assigned to E-Tag number 195.55.24.01 in the
Random Computer Selection System(RCSS) of email addresses, flagged out the lucky numbers 22-1-15-05-11-
44 and consequently won you the lottery in the 1st category.
For claims of your winning prize, kindly contact our
claim agent officer via below contact information:

1. Full name:......
2. Sex:......
3. Age:......
4. Telephone Number:......
5. Marital Status:......
6. Occupation:......
7. State:......
8. Country:......


Contact Name: Mr. Henry Paulson
Contact Email: voda-foneclaims011@gmx.com
Contact Number:

Once again congratulations.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Elizabeth Cole
Online Co-ordinator.
VODAFONE LOTTERY ONLINE PROMO UK




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