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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: "Adrian And Gillian Bayford" <info@mail.com>
Reply-To: adriangilliandonation@careceo.com
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 08:44:27 +0100
Subject: CHARITY DONATION

Dear Email User,

This is a personal mail directed to you. My wife and I won £148.6m in
the Euro Millions Jackpot in August 2012 and have voluntarily decided
to donate £ 700,000,00 GBP to you as part of our own charity project
to improve the life of 5 lucky individuals all over the world. If you
have received this email then you are one of the lucky recipients, get
back to us with your details.
============
Full Name:
Address:
Country:
Age:
Occupation:
Sex:
Mobile/Tel:
So that we can forward it to the payout bank who will transfer your own part
of the donation to you.

You can verify this by visiting the web pages below.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/aug/14/british-euromillions-jackpot-winners-revealed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19254228

For the purpose of confidentiality and to claim your prize, reply via this
E-mail:adrian.gilliandonation@careceo.com

Yours Sincerely,
Adrian & Gillian Bayford






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