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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: "Compensation 2012" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsmariankate@luckymail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:50:20 +0800
Subject: Attention

On behalf of the Malaysia Sweeptakes Compensation Award, we wish to notify you as a beneficiary of $2.5million dollars in compensation of scam victims.The selection process was done through a Computerized selection system from a database of over 750,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the globe. No ticket was sold or bought, but each individual play coupon representing an email ID was assigned Winning/Reference numbers for identification.

Find below your Award Qualification Numbers:

Award Number: (OXFUSA-12-0531)
Winning Number: (ODXFUSA-D-42)

Do contact the ONLINE CO-ORDINATOR, MALAYSIA Branch for
verification and release of your $2.5million dollars that we have deposited
Name: Mrs.Marian Kate
Private Email:mrsmariankate@luckymail.com Provide these
information's to enable us proceed with payment.

Name (in full); _________________________________
Sex; ____________________________________________
Date of Birth (month/day/year)___________________
Home Address; ___________________________________
Office Address; _________________________________
Telephone Number; _______________________________
Country of Residence; ___________________________
Nationality; ____________________________________
Occupation; _____________________________________
Marital Status; _________________________________
Winning Code; _____________V2012-J5502626#2K_____

Indicate your mode of payment.
Bank Transfer;__________________
Delivery of Bank Cheque;____________


Yours Faithfully,
Dr.peter lee Yong
Coordinator.
Malaysia Sweeptakes Compensation Award

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