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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: wossok@wi.net
Reply-To: allenlarge@zing.vn
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 02:17:50 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Re:Your Voluntary donation!!




Attn:

Sir Allen and his wife Won the sum of $11.2 Million and they have
voluntarily decided to donate the sum of $500,000.00 USD to you as part of
their own charity project to improve the lot of 5 lucky individuals all
over the continents of the Globe.

To Verify, please see their interview by visiting the Web- Page Below:


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1326473/Canadian-couple-Allen-Violet-Large-away-entire-11-2m-lottery-win.html

Your Email Address was among the Email Addresses which were submitted to
us by the Canada Google Branch, Inc as a Internet Regular Online User; if
you have received this email, please kindly send us the below details so
that we can forward it to the couple to enable them transfer your Donation
sum of $500,000.00 USD in your name or direct you to their payout bank to
effect the transfer of the said funds to your operational bank account in
your country without any delay.

Your Full Name:
Your Confirm Home/Office Address:
Your Country:
Your Gender:
Your Age:
Your Cell/Mobile Telephone Number:

Send Your Response To;- allenlarge@zing.vn

Regards,

Online Announcer!
Mrs.Wossok Brenda.

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