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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: "SWEETWIN LOTTO PROMO LOTTERY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infosweetwin@kimo.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 15:12:06 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS



Dear Winner,


SWEETWIN LOTTO PROMO, UNITED KINGDOM/INT,PROGRAMS. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $5.5M cash credited to file REF NO.OYL/25041238013/02.Reply for more details.

To file for your claim, please contact our Category "B" fiduciary agent who is your claims agent:

MR. ANDREW BROWN
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
Vertex Finance Company.
Email: infosweetwin@kimo.com

For due processing and the delivery of your won prize to be sent to you through Certified Bank Check. Please do also send to your claim Agent the following information:

YOUR FULL NAME:
YOUR AGE:
YOUR SEX:
YOUR OCCUPATION:
YOUR TITLE OR POSITION:
YOUR BATCH NUMBER:
YOUR REFERENCE NUMBER:
YOUR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:
YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER:
YOUR FAX NUMBER:
YOUR FULL ADDRESS FOR THE POSTAGE OF YOUR WON PRIZE:

However, it should be noted that all won prize must be claimed not later than a month. Any claim not made before this date will be returned back to the SWEETWIN LOTTO PROMO as unclaimed won prize.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and Complications, please remember to quote your Reference and batch numbers in your correspondences with your claim agent.


Dennis White

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