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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: "Anthonio Mario" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dlotto@yahoo.cn>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 18:00:51 +0200
Subject: Promotional Award 2012

Dear Email Owner,

We are pleased to inform you again of the result of the Internet Promotional Draws. All email addresses entered for this promotional draws
were randomly inputted from an internet resource database using the Synchronized Random Selection System (SRSS).

This is our second letter to you.Your email address was selected in the Category A with Special Digit Code: RM10164/IT and Special Ticket
DigitCode:RMA12744/2010-12, and this qualifies you to be the recipient of the grand prize award sum of Two million, five hundred thousand united
States dollars.

The payout of this cash prize to you will be subject to the final validations and satisfactory report that you are the bona fide owner of
the winning email address. In line with the governing rules of claim, you are required to establish contact with your designated claims agent via
email or telephone with the particulars below:

Enquiry officer: Wieggert Van D. M.
Phone: +393888146161
Email: dlotto@yahoo.cn

You may establish contact with the Enquiry Officer via the e-mail address above with the information's necessary:

Name:,
Address:,
Phone:,.
Cell Phone:,
Email:,
Alternative Email:,
Occupation:
and E-ticket number:


Failure to complete the claims of your cash prize after 14 days of this notice will result in the revision of award. Hence, you should commence
your claims process immediately, by contacting the claims agent (Wieggert Van D.M.) who would be guiding you through the Claims process.

Regards,

Anthonio Mario.

Promotion Coordinator.

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