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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: "Chevron Texaco" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <deptclaims2121@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2012 08:58:58 -0800
Subject: CHEVRON TEXACO AWARD 2012

 
CHEVRON TEXACO | PROMOTIONAL | LOTTERY
Street 11-27 Connecticut Avenue
Northwest United Kingdom
 
Congratulations !!!,
 
We are glad to inform you that you have won a prize money of Two 
Million, Eight Hundred
And Sixty Thousand United States Dollars US$2,860,000.00, and a brand 
new laptop from
Chevron Texaco Promotion Award 2012.
 
The online promotion draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 
data base addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an 
advanced automated random computer search from world internet log base..
 
Please you are advised to fill the form below correctly and send it 
immediately to our foreign claims department for verification through 
email below for prompt collection of your funds.
 
Full Name:
Telephone Number:
Fax Number:
Home Address:
Date Of Birth:
Occupation:
Office Address:
E-mail:
 
Further more for your claims of $2,860,000 Dollars, you are advice to 
responds for guidance for you to receive your winning money.
 
If you have any questions, please call me for details. Tel: +447031986527
PLEASE NOTE I ONLY SPEAK ENGLISH.
 
 
Yours faithfully
Mr David Waltson
Tel: +447031986527
Claims Director
 

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