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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: "Mr. Wong" <pwq@goods071.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <claimdeprtm@yahoo.cl>
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 04:40:08 +0530
Subject: FROM BBC

BBC LOTTERY BOARD
Po Box 200, Harrogate England, United Kingdom
E-mail : claimdeprtm@yahoo.cl
Tele: +44 871 9155 169
Visit Our Web Site http://www.bbc.co.uk/lottery/ (This website does not belong to scammers)
Batch No: 515944052
September Draws No. 641
(08) (12) (13) (14) (18)( 38) (43) BONUS (48) (37) DRAWS NO. 641

Dear Lucky Winner,

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of (£2,000000) Great British Pounds,for the Yearly BBC Lottery promotion United Kingdom which is organized by BBC in conjunction with Chevron Texaco Oil and Gas Company, “Your Email Address" were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from Nine hundred thousand email from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually, we have only selected 20 people as our winners, through electronic ballot System without the winner applying.

MAKE SURE YOU SEND YOUR DETAILS TO THIS EMAIL TO AVIOD DISQUALIFICATION claimdeprtm@yahoo.cl

1 Name… ………………………………..
2 Address: ……………………………….
3. Country/State………………………..
4. Mobile No: …………………………..
5. Sex........................................................
6. Age.......................................................
7. Occupation............................................
8. Email... ………………………………
9 Your Full Name(s)… ………………………….
10 Your Bank Name…………………………………….
11 Names on Account……………………………………
12 Account Number: …………………………………..
13 Bank Address………………………………………….
PLEASE: YOU ARE TO FORWARD YOUR COMPLETE DETAILS INCLUDING BANK DETAILS AND SCAN COPY OF YOUR ID PROVE TO US FOR EASY PAYMENT
Mr.Thomas Anderson E-mail ID: claimdeprtm@yahoo.cl For confirmation of your winning numbers, please ensure you check your winning details on our website which is given below (http://www.bbc.co.uk/lottery)
Mr Thomas Anderson
(Coordinator Claim Department)

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