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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: daveloveangela@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 08:37:22 -0700
Subject: READ NOW!!!

My wife and I won the biggest Euro Millions lottery prize of

£101,203,600.70 GBP and we just commenced our Charity Donation

and we will be giving out a cash donation of £1,500,000.00 GBP

to five(5)lucky individuals and ten(10)charity organisations

from any part of the world.

To verify the genuineness of this email and our winnings,

please see our interview by visiting the web page below;
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/8820740/101m

-lottery-jackpot-winners-Dave-and-Angela-Dawes-to-give-

millions-to-friends-and-family.html

Your email address was submitted to my wife and I by the Google

Management Team and you received this email because we have

listed you as one of the lucky millionaires, Kindly send us the

below details so that we can contact our Bank to effect a valid

Bank Draft in your name to your operational bank account in

your country.
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Full Name:
Country:
Age:
Occupation:
Sex:
Mobile/Tel:
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Congratulations & Happy Celebrations in Advance,
Dave & Angela Dawes

Reply to this email: daveloveangela@gmail.com
Redeem your donation

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