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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: "Lotto Arena Agency" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <arenalotodept@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:30:54 +0100
Subject: CONFIRMATION OF EMAIL E-mail Ticket K-1000873096-5-

CONFIRMATION OF EMAIL E-mail Ticket K-1000873096-5- REPLY TO EMAIL;arenaclaimdept@aol.com Following official publication of results of the E-mail electronic On-line Sweepstakes organized by the LOTTO ARENA BV CORPORATION, the Slide circular awardand the Heineken prizes in conjunction with the foundation for the promotion of software products, (F.P.S.), held on the 29th February,2012.in Brussels Belgium, Wherein your electronic email address emerged as one of the on-linewinning emails in the 1st category, hence your email address was attached to a cash award of 2,500,000.00 (2.5MILLION Euros)you are advise to contact the processing office immediately upon receipt of this message; Contact :Mr. Henk Van Blaaz,TEL: 0032-487-751-238 or 01132-487-751-238 REPLY TO EMAIL: arenaclaimdept@aol.com Below are your Information's: E-mail Ticket K-1000873096-5 Reference NO:KZ00022/03 Serial NO: 201340-34 Batch NO: W00/333/222 DRAW LUCKY No: 10-12-19-24-40*8 Your Full Name & Telephone Number Please note that the validity period of the winning is 30 working days; hence you are expected to make your claims immediately. Any claim not made before this date will be CANCELLED. Congratulations!!! Sincerely,Mcintyre Gillian. REPLY TO EMAIL: arenaclaimdept@aol.com

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