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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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Fraud email example:

From: "BBC LOTTO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info2012info2@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 15:39:11 +0100
Subject: FROM BBC/http://www.bbc.co.uk/lottery

BBC LOTTERY PROMO
Winning Notification!!!
Congratulations you have been approved of (1,000,000 Pounds) One Million
United Kingdom pounds, your email address won you this amount
in the ongoing bbc of Year promo and your winning ticket held in London.
This makes you owner of ongoin bbc promo award lottery,with cash prize of
1,000,000.00 pounds. To begin processing of your prize please SEND the below without delay
REQUIREMENTS
Name:
Age:
Sex:
Occupation:
Tel:
City/State:
Bank Name:
A/C Number:
Email address:

THE ONLINE COORDINATOR BBC DEPARTMENT.
Martins Jerry
http://www.bbc.co.uk/lottery/

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