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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: "Petronas International Corporation Ltd" <vero-brandon@foxmail.com>
Reply-To: vera-brandon@foxmail.com
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 04:55:05 -0700
Subject: PETRONAS REDEMPTION CENTER



Petronas International Corporation Ltd
ZI Labuan Trust Company Sdn Bhd,
Unit Level 13 (E),
Main Office Tower,
Financial Park Labuan, Jalan Merdeka,
87000 Federal Territory Labuan,
Malaysia

Petronas International Corporation Ltd subsidiary of Malaysian oil and
gas multinational Petroliam Nasional Berhad wishes to announce the
result of its 2013 Draws Held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


The results of the draw indicates that You are one of the Lucky
winners among 35 lucky winners who were being chosen from the 35
countries worldwide where PETRONAS is
located. You are therefore entitled to a Total payout of ONE MILLION
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($1,500,000.00USD) in cash
in this category.


The Draw was performed through a secured automated powered ballot
where over 50,000 email addresses from all over 35 countries were
being collected for the draw.


The following are your winning Information which earned you the prize
in the promotion.These details are to be kept confidential, so as to
avoid Abuse of this program
by unauthorized people.


FILE NUMBER ------------------ UK1007
TICKET NUMBER ------------------21021985,
WINNING NUMBERS ------------------ 02210282
RAFFLE DRAW NUMBERS ------------------1985-21
SECURITY NUMBER ------------------------- 2185


We congratulate you once again on your winning as we hope that you
would take the time to Patronize us in the near future to have a taste
of our Exquisite brands of
products.

Yours Truly,
MR. Brandon Vera.
Chief Operating Officer.
Petronas International Corporation Ltd
Main Office Tower,
Financial Park Labuan, Jalan Merdeka,
87000 Federal Territory Labuan,
Malaysia.
TEL: +60163469926

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