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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: "Premium Cash Rewards" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Dombruce.agent@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 13:48:12 -0600
Subject: Reward Notification.

PREMIUM CASH INTERNATIONAL REWARDS.
PROMOTIONS PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
www.emil4u.com

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to announce to you as one of the 8 lucky winners in the PREMIUM CASH INTERNATIONAL REWARDS draw held on Nov

1ST 2011. All 8 Winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 5,000,000 international emails. Your email address

emerged alongside 7 others as a 3rd category winner in this month's draw.

Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of US$1,200,000.00 (One Million Two Hundred Thousand

United States Dollars) only.

The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order: (i) WINNING NUMBER: 8357479XT
(ii) REFERENCE NUMBER: SA70181139
(iii) BATCH NUMBER: SLCY-0385-PCR

Below are the details required from you:

FULL NAME:
DELIVERY ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBER
COUNTRY:
OCCUPATION:
SEX:
AGE:
EMAIL:

Please contact the under listed claims officer as soon as possible with your details for the immediate release of your

winnings:

Contact Person: Name: Dominic Bruce
Email: Dombruce.agent@aol.com

Note that a mandatory US$175 Must be paid to APX Courier (www.apx-air-courier.com) before your check will be shipped. This

charge is not deductible and it is the ONLY amount you have to pay to receive your prize.
Congratulations!!

Sincerely,
Elizabeth Buckholt
Premiium Cash Rewards

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