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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: FACEBOOK LOTTERY <jrodriguez@cancer.gov.co>
Reply-To: FACEBOOK LOTTERY <claimbglot@rocketmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 16:16:02 -0500 (COT)
Subject: Congratulations You ' Ve Won $600,000 From Facebook Lottery


CONGRATULATIONS FROM FACEBOOK!

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the NEW YEAR DRAW held on (10th April 2012) by Facebook Company in cash Promotion to encourage the usage of Facebook users world wide, your Name and Email was among the 50 Lucky winners who won $600.000:00 USD (Six Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) each on the Face book promotion Award Attached to Ticket
Number (5647600545189), Ref No (2551256002/244) and Serial Number (55643451907).

We need your fast response so that we can proceed with the delivery of your fund. You are required to contact our dispatch dept via email (claimbglot@gmail.com) please remember to quote your Ticket, Reference and Batch Numbers in all correspondences. Furthermore, if there is any change in email address please contact us on time.

Thanks,
Patrick Widen

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