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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: "Elisa Masimo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <elisam@yahoo.cn>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 09:52:21 +0200
Subject: Reminder on Your Unclaimed Prize Award

Attention,


You have been selected as the Grand recipient of the Global E-Services Reward Program.

This entitles you to receive 2.5, million US Dollars, we've sent several notification emails to you without response
from you, you are hereby advise to confirm receipt of this email by furnishing us with the following details,
your full names, telephone number, address, nationality, occupation and sex.


These information will enable us setup a Claims File in your name and formally commence the processing of
your prize claims payment. Note that you have 14 days to claims your prize from the day you receive this email.


Thanks for your co-operation,


Yours Faithfully,



Elisa Masimo

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