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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: "Lottery Co-coordinator. © 2012 WORLD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gold_harry@yahoo.cn>
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 15:02:23 -0700
Subject: Lottery Co-coordinator. © 2012 WORLD

Dear Beneficiary

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family? I hope this mai
l meets you in a perfect condition. You
have been confirmed and approved as one of our lucky winner.This is from a
total cash prize of $ 50,000,000.00

(Fifty Million United States dollars), given to the first ONE HUNDRED (100)
people who will be compensated in this
world internet programs.All participants were selectedrandomly from World W
ide Web site Through computer draw
system and extracted from over 700.000
companies.

I am using this opportunity to thank you for using the internet daily.Due to
your effort, using internet programs
indoor and in your office, We want to compensate you and show our gratitude
to you with the sum of $ 550,000. OO (FIVE
HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS). We have authorized Dr. Harry Gold
to assist your in getting your
compensation check across to you.The name and contact address of the Dr.Harry Gold
is as follows;

LAGOS, NIGERIA
CONTACT AGENT: DR. Harry Gold
EMAIL: gold_harry@yahoo.cn

Finally remember that I have forwarded instruction to Dr. Harry Gold on your behalf
to send the cash prize of
$ 550,000 to you as soon as you contact him without delay.

REGARDS
MANAGEMENT
Lottery Co-coordinator. © 2012 WORLD
INTERNET PROGRAMS ®
REPLY TO gold_harry@yahoo.cn

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