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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: "Nicholas Cole" <all.lottery@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 20:04:38 -0600
Subject: Hello






 BATCH NO.:0010/2014.
Email
ticket number: 370982217414


We are pleased to inform you of the
result of the email random lotto jackpot for this year 2013 is out and your
email address attached to ticket number 370982217414

has consequently won in the 1st
category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of money(Twelve Million Dollars)

 
Due
to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning
information confidential until your claim has been processed and your money
remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming
and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.

All participants
were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 companies
and 30,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the
world. 

 


To
claim your winning, please click on this link.

http://www.superlottolottery.addr.com/winners%20form.html http://www.superlottolottery.addr.com/winners%20form.html

 



You
can also click on WINNERS FORM at
the bottom of the website www.superlottolottery.addr.com http://www.superlottolottery.addr.com

Sincerely yours,
Nicholas Cole
Chairman super lotto lottery
www.superlottolottery.addr.com


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