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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: atmprocessingdeliverydept012@live.com
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:23:30 +0800
Subject: Hello



Dear Lucky Winner,


Reference to the just concluded Free Internet lottery promo which was conducted
through an electronical selection of member exclusive list of 100,000,000 Email
user addresses on our data base ,You have won US$ 1,000,000 Million Dollars ATM
Card From The Free Internet lotteries, Which your e-mail address have been
Chosen today the 17th Of july,2012, To free lotto Tickets No. lotto/2010/ATM.


http://www.freeinternetlottery.com/terms.php


Please contact your Release Agent(Mr. Freeman Watson) with the require
information
=================================
Mr. Freeman Watson
Email: atmprocessingdeliverydept012@live.com
Tel: +2348102871165
=================================


1. Full Name:
2. Address:
3. Occupation:
4. Country:
5. Telephone:
6. Sex:
7. Age:
8. How Do You Feel As A Winner:


All Prizes must be claimed within two weeks of draw results. only one claim
submission will be required. Successful claims will be honored within 60 days
of claim


Sincerely
Sir. David Jonathan
Free Internet Lottery Inc Zonal Co-coordinator.
Copyright ? 1996-2012 The Free Internet Lottery Inc.

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