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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: Prueba <clpdrc@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 05:43:31
Subject: TREAT AS URGENT,

Attention: Beneficiary,

This is to inform you that your email ID has won a prize money of USD$4.8 Million (Four million Eight hundred thousand United State Dollars ) for Year 2013 Lottery promotion organized by western union Company here, Your Email-ID was selected by the Microsoft Corporation which Always Supplied western union Company With Five Thousand Email Addresses of Active Internet Users Yearly, And Your Email Address Was Submitted as one Of the Active Internet Users For the Year 2013. We have concluded to effect your over due payment via western union by sending you $7000 Daily until the total $4.8 million is transfer to you.

The Director administrator of fund release has already signed your payment, therefore you should hurry up to contact the western union payment officer to forward your today,s $7000 payment MTCN and sender's name for you to pick up your today $7000.

contact him on below information;

Contact Person :( Dr. Harris Ray )
Western Union payment officer,
Phone: +229-9928935.
E-mail; we444@live.fr

You are also advised to re-confirm to him your details as required below, this is to avoid wrong payment.

(1). Re-confirm your full names:
(2). Re-confirm Contact address:
(3). Re-confirm valid Phone #:
(4). Fax:
(5). Age:
(6). Occupation:

All you have to do is to try as much as you can to forward the required information directly to their Email box ( we444@live.fr ) so that they will commence your payment to enable you pick up the $7000 USD sent in your name this morning.

Best regards,

Mrs Micky Watts.

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