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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: Sharon McAntony <delivery@yousendit.com>
Reply-To: sharonmc1101@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 04:37:33 -0700
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re,You_have_won_=C2=A310.Million_Pounds.?=


sharonmc1101@hotmail.com has sent you the following via YouSendIt

Congratulations Winner.

You have won ( £10.000,000.00.USD, Ten Million Pounds ) in the HERITAGE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.in the Lucky
Draw of the HERITAGE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY in CONJUNCTION with EUROPEAN UNION ( EU ).


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 ( £10.000,000.00.USD, Ten Million Pounds )

Contact Mr. Maxwell Galvin with email @ ( maxwell_galvin@yahoo.com.hk ) by quoting your winning numbers and send your 1)
Full name,2)Phone number 3) address and location.

NOTICE, you should not disclose your wining information to anyone, kindly contact payment Center Mr. Maxwell Galvin with
email @ ( maxwell_galvin@yahoo.com.hk ) to obtain your cash prize immediately.

Once again Congratulations from the HERITAGE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.in CONJUNCTION with EUROPEAN UNION ( EU ).

Yours.
Mr. Sharon Antony.
Dispatch Officer.


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HIRITAGE.txt

You can copy and paste the following link in your browser to retrieve your file. The link will expire on November 03, 2012 04:36 PDT.
https://rcpt.yousendit.com/1764815409/3e6986c7408a67a06678f9aa34082a92


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