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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:
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
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.
- prof.larrydean@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "European Union (EU) Charity Fund" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <prof.larrydean@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:16:05 +0100
Subject: Dear Internet User

European Union (EU) Charity Fund
113 Chancery Lane,
London WC2A 1P,
United Kingdom.

Reference #: EUCF/UK/6525/11

Dear Internet User,

We wish to congratulate and notify you that your e-mail address has won for you the sum of ($1,000,000.00 USD) as attached to [Draw #: 775] in the just concluded European Union (EU) Charity Fund Lottery Promo. 2012, as final results were officially released to you today as one of our lucky winner. Note: That no tickets were sold. All participant where selected through our automated computerized balloting system drawn from over [50 million] e-mail addresses of companies, corporate bodies and individuals from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Germany, Austria, Switzerland,Africa and Middle East as part of our New Year Bonus conducted annually, being approved by the European Union (EU).

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have their operational base. Furthermore, to file for claims, You are to contact the Director, Claims / Processing Department on or before your date of Claim, Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center.
European Union Charity Fund Prize must be claimed no later than 5 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited. These are your identification numbers:

Batch number..................... EU 09102XN Reff number................... ....YM35447XN Winning number.................. .YM09788

These numbers fall within the our West Africa Regional Headquarter-Nigeria Center you are requested to contact our West Africa Regional Office Nigeria Director, Claims / Processing Department (Prof. Larry Dean Widmayer) and send your winning identification numbers to him,

you are hereby required to contact (Prof. Larry Dean Widmayer) the Director, Claims / Processing Department, with his contact details below:-

EUROPEAN UNION (EU) CHARITY FUND
DIRECTOR CLAIMS / PROCESSING DEPARTMENT
Name:- Prof. Larry Dean Widmayer
E-mail:- prof.larrydean@yahoo.com

Congratulations.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Joy William
(Online Co-ordinator).
European Union Charity Fund

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