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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- wefagent.mw@googlemail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "From Mrs. Schmitt" <worldbasiceducation.dorothy@gmail.com>
Reply-To: wefmw.file@googlemail.com
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 17:27:06 -0700
Subject: ASIAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION

ASIAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION
NO.48 EAST CHANG'AN STREET, BEIJING 100004,
PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA
HEADING :{AWARD RESULT 2011}
www.asianeducationfoundation.org

>From ASIAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION in association with Readers Digest we
happily announce to you that you have won award of USD$750,000.00 at China
Payment Center.

Ticket Number: 90-989-827-1Q
Serial Number: TY-Q9900
Batch Number: CN/PPT/090/033D
Reference Number: LM/0800/LK/WRQ
Drew Date: 9th September 2011

Your email address name attached to a ticket number: 90-989-827-1Q with the
serial number: TY-Q9900 drew the lucky number: 09-12-66-76-89 which
consequently won the

draw in the 1st 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. PEN TANG
Email: wefagent.mw@googlemail.com
Address: No.48 East Chang'an Street, Beijing 100004, China

He will need to confirm everything we have on file to ensure 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.

Your won prize cannot be deducted, simply because this is a Promotional
Award, until prize is released to you due to strict insurance policy. After
you have received

your money, we expect you to use some of the money to spread Internet
knowledge within your locality and remember to support our next promotion.
We have 3 Clearance

Offices zoned in Asian Region AUSTRALIA, CHINA & JAPAN. 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 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.

Contact with your information below:

Full Name:
Age:
Marital Status:
Occupation:
Home Phone:
Mobile Phone:
City/Country:
Nationality:
Ref No:
Batch No:

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