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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: FACE BOOK MULTI-MILLION DOLLARS PROMO <americabankof45@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: rhymadrkennedy@rocketmail.com
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:01:54 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: FACE BOOK MULTI-MILLION DOLLARS PROMO




CONGRATULATION!!! CONGRATULATION!!! CONGRATULATION!!!
FACE BOOK MULTI-MILLION DOLLARS PROMO
DATE: 18TH NOVEMBER, 2011
WINNING NUMBER: U45639GH
BATCH NUMBER: JK7635467J
REF NUMBER: 767889976
 
DEAR LUCKY WINNER,
 
This is to inform you that your face book account has made you to  emerge winner in this our yearly winning promo, this promo comes  up every end of the year by face book and $20.000.000usd is been  given out to the user by face book around the globe and it's  usually selected randomly through electronic machine so your face  book account has made you winner of $500,000,00usdollars and you  are among the luck people who will benefit from our yearly promo  so feel free to contact our fiduciary agent with your information  below for your claim:
 
YOUR FULL NAME:
YOUR COUNTRY AND HOUSE ADDRESS:
YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS:
YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER:
YOUR AGE, SEX AND OCCUPATION:  
 
He will issue you a cheque of $500.000.00usdollars and immediately  you receive your cheque it's cashable in any international bank in  the world because it's an international certified bank cheque.
below is the fiduciary agent contact information
CONTACT NAME: DR KENNEDY RHYMA
CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS:( rhymadrkennedy@rocketmail.com )
 
So, go ahead and send him your information for the claim of your  winning and make sure you use your winning number as the subject  to avoid delay of your claim and make sure you keep this winning  to yourself until you have successfully receive your cheque and  cash your fund.

Best Regard's
Mrs. Sarah Moses
Face book promo co-ordinator.


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