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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: "Sri Jeff" (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 22:27:30 +0530
Subject: CONGRATULA?TION YOU HAVE WON AMERICAN AWARD!!

American Online Lottery Inc
(A.O.L) Medal Award
House Jln 212 Street
Dua Road USA.
Dear Winner,
 
Congratulation!! You Have Won Five Million Six Hundred Thousand $US Dollars ($5,600,000.00) In The American Online Lottery 2011 Medalion Honor Award. This lottery draw was conducted here in America (USA) Region, as a medal of honor, and happy to announce to you the America Award 2011 Winner (AA2011).On behalf of America International Gaming Board i sincerely congratulates you for being the winner of Five Million Six Hundred Thousand $US D ollars (5,600,000.00)In The Ameri
 
 
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web (www) through a computer draw system of different database and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place yearly, and your email address was one of the lucky winners in this year 2011 award.
 
You were selected among the lucky recipients to receive the award sum of Five Million Six Hundred Thousand $US Dollars (5,600,000.00) as charity donations/aid from the America Union Movement (AUN) and the UNO in accordance with the enabling act of Parliament. .
Your Email address attached to below winnin numbers.
Your Ref Number: NYA/00712-978,
Drew Number: US/0789/A2011/09.
Batch Number: 096389273-NY/2011,
Ticket Number: AM3812 /2011-09
Winning Amount: $5,600,000.00.USD
 
To validate your claim process, please contact us immediately and provide us your full details below for validation of your payment scheme to send your Winning Drafted Funds to your address after your delivery is been approved:
 
YOU ARE REQUIRED TO FILL THE FOLLOWING DETAIL
******Full Name
******Contact Address
******Marital Status
******Occupation
******Age
******Sex
******Nationality
******State
******Country Of Residence
******Mobile Number
******Phone Number
******Fax Number
******Email Address
 
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned
Your's Faithfully
Mr Jeff Jackson,
Ang/Manager.
Executive Director
Claims Department
 

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