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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: "Mrs. Julie Arterton." <juliearteton@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: info.sipclaims@aol.com
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 02:21:31 +0800
Subject: Please read this(Important Notice)..

On behalf of the VW Motors Email Lottery and from the desk of the claims
department, we gladly notify you of your lucky win of a total of
£1,050,000 GBP (ONE MILLION & FIFTY THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS) in the VW
Motors Email Lottery Promotion held on the 28Th November 2013.
your email address was extracted from our electronic email extraction
system and attached to ticket number VJETTA-UK-VP990003-M4GA with draw
number P93VWJ which consequently won you in the 2nd category prize.
We also advise that you keep your winning information very confidential as
our security policy demands to avoid double claims/impersonation and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some individuals.

Kindly send us the below information:
1. NAME IN FULL:
2. ADDRESS (IN FULL):
3. NATIONALITY:
4. AGE:
5. SEX
6. OCCUPATION (POSITION HELD):
7. HOME PHONE & MOBILE NUMBER:
Customer Service Unit
Mr. Elvis Bowie .
Email: info.sipclaims@aol.com
Tel. : +44-701-004-3059

All winning must be claimed not later than one Week of Acknowledgment.
Yours in service,
Mrs. Julie Arterton.
(Programs & Events).
Material Copyright © 2014 The VW Co. Ltd.

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