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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: "Amanda Klose" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mariodenico@yahoo.cn>
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 06:49:53 +0100
Subject: NOTIFICATION ADVICE 2012


Attn: Email Owner,

We are pleased to inform you again of the result of the Internet
Promotional Draws. All email addresses entered for this promotional
draws were randomly inputted from an internet resource database using
the Synchronized Random Selection System (SRSS).

This is our second letter to you.Your email address was selected in the
Code: ESMD494/2012-13 and this qualifies you to be the recipient of the
grand prize award sum of Two million, five hundred thousand united
States dollars.

The payout of this cash prize to you will be subject to the final
validations and satisfactory report that you are the bonafide owner of
the winning email address. In line with the governing rules of claim,
you are required to establish contact with your designated claims agent
via email or telephone with the particulars below:

Enquirer officer: Mario De Nico
Phone: +34-663-155-307
Email:mariodenico@yahoo.cn

You may establish contact with the Inquiry Officer via the e-mail
address above with the information's necessary: Name:, Address:, Phone:,
Cell Phone:, Email:, Alternative Email:, Occupation:, Swift Reference
Code: and Swift Ticket Code:

Failure to complete the claims of your cash prize after 14 days of this
notice will result in the revision of award. Hence, you should commence
our claims process immediately, by contacting the Claims Officer
(Nicolas Nanni) who would be guiding you through the Claims process.

Note: All replies should be addressed to Mr. Mario De Nico
(mariodenico@yahoo.cn ) for further information, any reply sent to other email
will not be attended to.

Please take note.

Yours Faithfully,
Amanda Klose
Promotion Director

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