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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: Samsung telecommunications Sales Promotion <delivery@yousendit.com>
Reply-To: anitamoore14@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:21:54 -0700
Subject: Congratulations Winner.


anitamoore14@hotmail.com has sent you the following via YouSendIt

Congratulations Winner.

You have won $1, 000, 000, 00.USD, One Million United States Dollars

in the Samsung telecommunications Sales Promotion and Ten Samsung

Galaxy SIII (S3) phones and Two Samsung Laptops in the Lucky Draw of

the Samsung telecommunications Sales Promotions.

Your winning Number is D17 with code number 1958255.

Please, kindly contact ASAP for payment information with all your

regular details to claim your cash prize of $1, 000, and 000, 00.USD,

ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS and other gift items. Contact Mr.

Mathew Galvin with email @ ( mathewgalvin101@hotmail.com )by quoting

your winning numbers and send your 1) Full name,2)Phone number 3)

house or office address and occupation.

NOTICE, you should not disclose your wining information to anyone,

kindly contact payment Center Mr. Mathew Galvin with email @ (

mathewgalvin101@hotmail.com ) to obtain your cash prize immediately.
Once again Congratulations from the Samsung telecommunications.

Yours.
Mr. Anita Moore.
Dispatch Officer

You have 1 file waiting for download:
SAMSUNG.txt

You can copy and paste the following link in your browser to retrieve your file. The link will expire on August 26, 2012 16:21 PDT.
https://rcpt.yousendit.com/1654636215/06574247fc5bde4476db3704f1aec430


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