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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: "Dave Dawes" <info@mail.com>
Reply-To: dave.dawes14@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 03:36:13 +0530 (IST)
Subject:

Dear friend

This is a personal email directed to you. I am Dave Dawes, my fiancee and
I won a Jackpot Lottery of £101 million pounds ($156 million) in
October,and have voluntarily decided to donate the sum of £1 million
pounds ($1.56million) to you as part of our own charity project to improve
the lot of 5 unknown lucky individuals all over the world plus 15 close
friends and family. If you have received this email then you are one of
the lucky recipients and all you have to do is get back to us so that we
can send your details to the payout bank.

You can verify this by visiting the web pages below.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8820740/101m-lottery-jackpot-winners-Dave-and-Angela-Dawes-to-give-millions-to-friends-and-family.htm

Personal Information
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First Name :...............................................
Last Name :..............................................
Gender :...............................................
Date of Birth:.....

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Name of Company ..............................................
Contact Address : .............................................
Home Telephone Number : *.....................................
Office Telephone Number:.......................................
Mobile Telephone Number:.....................................
Nationality :................................................
State :................................................
Zip Code :...............................................

Best of luck,
Dave Dawes.
Email: dave.dawes12@zhot.net

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