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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: "DANGOTE COMPANY AWARDS" <dangote77@lotto.com>
Reply-To: <davidjames03@gmx.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 12:08:45 -0200
Subject: DID YOU GET YOUR PACKAGE?

Your E-mail Account Has Won One Million Great British Pounds (£1,000,000.00GBP)
>From The Dangote Lotto Award E-mail Draw 2013 Edition.

To Receive Your Prize kindly Send the below items NAME: _______________________________________________

ADDRESS: _____________________________________________ MOBILE NUMBER: ______________________________________ SEX:
_________________________________________________ AGE: _________________________________________________ OCCUPATION: __________________________________________ NATIONALITY: __________________________________________ STATE: ________________________________________________ COUNTRY: _____________________________________________

Thank you and Accept my hearty congratulations once again! Kindly make sure you call to speak with your claims officer with his below phone number, because he is presently in Africa to supervise a lottery program from the UK.

CLAIMS DEPARTMENT MANAGER
Rev.David James
Tel: +234 8124 608 993

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