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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: PCSO LOTTO <info@mail.com>
Reply-To: pcsolottoagent@writeme.com
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 03:03:46 +0100
Subject: Hi

PCSO LOTTO
ADDRESS: 3RD FLOOR, 11 HANOVER STREET,
HANOVER SQUARE,LONDON W1S 1YH.
UNITED KINGDOM.
TEL: +447035908251
WINNING NUMBER: 45-19-27-29-06-34

YOUR EMAIL HAS EMERGED YOU THE WINNER OF 55,536,805.80Pesos equivalent
to 1,363,070.86 USD With Winning Number 45-19-27-

29-06-34 in our PCSO LOTTO.

KINDLY FILL THE DETAILS BELOW:

FULL NAMES: ADDRESS: AGE: OCCUPATION: COUNTRY: MOBILE: TEL/FAX: EMAIL:

ONCEMORE CONGRATULATIONS, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF PRIZE MONEY KINDLY
CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT WITH THE DETAILS BELOW:

Pringle Saul
EMAIL: pcso_l@yahoo.co.uk
TEL: +447035908251




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