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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 & Angela Dawe"<dev65@gala.net>
Reply-To: leungcheung@worker.com
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 01:59:48 +0530
Subject: Congratulations & Happy Celebrations in Advance

Attention

My wife and I won the biggest Euro Millions lottery prize of 101,203,600.70 GBP. We just started our Charity Donations
by giving out a cash donation of ?1,500,000.00 GBP to five(5)lucky individuals and ten(10)charity organisations from any part of the world.

To verify the genuineness of this email and our winnings, please see our interview by visiting the web page 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.html

Your email address was submitted to my wife and I, by the Google Management Team. You received this email because we have listed you as one of the lucky millionaires to share with us on our lucky forturn, Kindly send us the below details so that we can direct our Bank to effect a valid
Bank Draft in your name to your operational bank account in your country.

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Congratulations & Happy Celebrations in Advance, Dave & Angela Dawe
Email: dave_angel@usa.com

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