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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!

Fraud email example:

From: "Angela Marie" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <b.dept@clubmember.org>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:18:26 +0200
Subject: RE:

Ghana Vodafone International,

Wish to congratulate you over your email address that was successfully selected by our computer balloting sweep taking award winning lottery, which was organized by Vodafone on the 28th of Nov 2012. Award Winning Lotto Code 7903274, Serial No 0371, Amount Won US$900,000.00 (Nine Hundred Thousand United States Dollars), the massive emails were compiled by the Vodafone I.T Expatriates.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by Vodafone, Barclays, Apple iPhone and Blackberry-App World including the Ghana lotto authority as part of their social responsibility to help and encourage the people living with HIV/AIDS and to support the less privileges in every part of the world.

You are advised to quickly Contact your fiduciary agent Marcel Anderson, via this email: ( b.dept@clubmember.org ) for the due processing of your award winning prize.
Please confirm your phonenumber for easy communication

Yours Faithfully,
Ms. Angela Marie,
Lotto Coordinator,
GH Vodafone Int'l Lottery.

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