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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: "admin@lushgreenent.com" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <primesecuritycompanysl@superposta.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 04:06:05 +0530
Subject: Congrat

G8 WINNING NOTIFICATIONS.
Dear Winner
Your E-mail has just won the G8 lottery of the year 2012.
The G8 is a group of 8 countries which are: France , United States , United Kingdom , Russia , Germany , Japan , Italy , and Canada . To eliminate poverty in the world and create wealth for more people on this planet, we conducted free internet lotto.
As we conducted the online draw through the computer ballot system by random collection of email addresses from all email providers to make an internet lotto draw for this month's draw of 2012.
We are happy to inform you that your E-mail has won in the 3rd category of our internet draw. You are entitled to the sum of US$1,000,000:00 in our poverty eliminations program.
All winnings under this category are to be collected through our claims processing unit, Madrid Spain.
Therefore, you are advised to forward the following information to your claims processor:

Your name:
E-mail:
Age:
Address:
Occupation:
Phone numbers:
Winning Number:
Reference Number:
The above information is required for reference and processing of your winning amount. Your total winning prize is attached to your winning number: 2894732PEP and your reference number: REF03483/011
Contact details of your claims agent are;
Name: Mr. Fernandez Luise
Address: Madrid , Spain
E-mail address: (primesecuritycompanysl@superposta.com )
Please ensure you contact the above office to redeem your winning prize within the next few days.
Congratulations,
Mrs. Gloria Gregory,
Group of eight Lotto Draw 2012.


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