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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: "CHEVROLET CAR AWARD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <chevroletcars@admin.in.th>
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 09:02:56 +0530
Subject: Good News!!!

FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR:
CHEVROLET CAR PRIZE AWARD DEPT

WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER ONLY

ATTENTION!!!

This is to inform you that you have won prize money of 2Crore 25Lakh (2,2,500,000.00 INR)
{223,373.20 GBP}for 2013 Prize promotion which is organized by CHEVROLET CAR AWARD every
(2) yrs.CHEVROLET CAR AWARD collects all the email addresses of the people that are active
online,among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo mail, Gmail and few from other e-mail
providers.Three people are selected every two years to benefit from this promotion and
you are one of the Selected Winners.

Stated below are your identification numbers:
Batch Number: MFI/013/APA-43658,
Reference Lucky Number :2010234522.
Pin: CVL/C-12128

CONGRATULATIONS!!!:
**********************************************************************
Claim Agent Named Dr. Chris Brain,
Foreign Service Manager
Chevrolet Car Lottery (Pty) Ltd.
Tel: +447010059907
E-mail: chevroletcars@admin.in.th
******************************************
FILL THE CLAIMS FORM BELOW AND SEND TO OUR CLAIMS AGENT FOR
VERIFICATION:
1.Full name_____________________________________
2.Address______________________________________
3.Total Amount Won______________________________
4.Date of Birth___________________________________
5.Occupation____________________________________
6.Mobile Number__________________________
7.Nationality_____________________________________
8.Next Of Kin_____________________________________
9.Winning E-mail_________________________________
10.Sex__________________________________________
11.Religion_______________________________________
12.Date of winning_______________________________
13.Age_______________________________
14.Marital Status_______________________________
15.Country_______________________________
16.State_______________________________
17.Company_______________________________
18.Valid ID Proof (Send as email attachment)
Your Reference and Batch number at the top of this mail:

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for
being part of our Promotional Program
Regards,

Prof (Mrs) Elliot Mason.
Lottery Coordinator
Email:chevroletcars@admin.in.th

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