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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: "Mrs. Anthony" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sanusiudo@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:08:10 -0700
Subject: YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS HAS WON, $2,500.000.00USD

YOUR WINNING NOTIFICATION:
TICKET NUMBER 023-0148-790-459
LUCKY NUMBERS 80-13-94-15-01-25
FILE REF NO. EESW/25041238013/03
REFERENCE NO: EASW/15241238021/12
BATCH NO: 074/05/ZY359
SERIAL NO: 1568/012
DRAW NO: 974
AMOUNT WON ($2,500.000.00 USD)





"YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS HAS WON, $2,500.000.00USD. CONGRATULATIONS""


DEAR WINNER,

WE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU ABOUT THE LOTTERY DRAW HELD ON THE 1ST OF APRIL 2012 FROM THE SWEEPSTAKE FREE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAMMED. YOUR E-MAIL EMERGED AS A WINNER OF $2,500.000.00 USD (TWO MILLION AND FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) IN THIS YEARS INTERNATIONAL LOTTO PROGRAM.

NOTE. YOUR WINNING MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO YOU THROUGH OUR BANK ZONE HEADQUARTERS IN UNITED STATES AS YOUR WINNING FILES FALL UNDER OUR BRANCH ZONE. SO CONTACT OUR AFRICAN AGENT COORDINATOR AGENT MALLAM OMAR EDRIS WHICH YOUR WINNING NUMBERS FALL IN HIS CUSTODY, HE IS OUR REPRESENTING AGENT IN AFRICA HE WILL GIVE YOU DETAILS ON HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE.

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. CONTACT YOUR

CLAIMS AGENT
AT: EMAIL (sanusiudo@hotmail.com)
TELEPHONE: +2348134414569
AGENT MALLAM OMAR EDRIS
AFRICAN REPRESENTING LOTTERY AGENT.

FILL THIS FORM BELOW AND SEND IT TO HIM THROUGH HIS EMAIL TO FILE FOR YOUR CLAIM (sanusiudo@hotmail.com)


AMOUNT WON.................................
FULL NAME...................................
HOME ADDRESS.................................
RESIDENTIAL COUNTRY.................
NATIONALITY..................................
OCCUPATION..................................
TELEPHONE....................................
RELIGION.....................................
EMAIL.........................................
AGE...........................................
SEX...........................................


SIGNED.

LOVETH ANTHONY (MRS)
LOTTERY COORDINATOR

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