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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: Allen and Violet Large Donation <zarina@stats.gov.my>
Reply-To: <allenlarge24@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 17:06:24 +0200
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam

I am Adrian Bayford, I and my wife were Recent winners of the euoro
million lottery of £148.6 million, and have voluntarily decided to donate
the sum of 2 Million pounds ($3.20 million) to you along with my new found
half brother Paul Wilson as part of our own charity project to Improve the
lot of 20 unknown lucky individuals all over the world and 15 Close
friends and family. If you have received this email then you are one
Of the lucky recipients, all you have to do is get back with us so that
We can send your details to our lawyer to proceed with legal remittance of
your funds to you.
Visiting the web pages below.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2187999/Will-148m-EuroMillions-jackpot-winner-share-fortune-long-lost-half-brother-met.html

Best of luck,
Mr & Mrs Bayford
Email:ad81302361@yahoo.in

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