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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 18:39:15 +0000
Subject: Serial No.: 04,11,16,19,26,29,05,4


Dear Sir/Madam,
We are pleased to inform you that your email address has won €1,000,000.00
(One Million Euro Only)the Post People Lottery Global International.
Sweepstakes promotional program,was held February 14th,of 2014,program sponsored
by consortium of software companies, which means Lottery tickets were not sold.
For more information's/procedure of your winning claim, you are advice to
contact our processing department with the contact information below, provide
them with your winning details below and your winning email address.
Mr Jose Soto (Mr)
Lottery Processing Dept
Reply Email:pepocolttery@aim.com
Telephone:0034631578281
Your Winning Details.
Winning No:04,05,06,08,11,12,05,8
Ref No: 01,05,10,14, 23,29,01,3
Batch No:ES 06,10,16,21,24,27,01,1/EU.
Your-Ticket No:10,12,17,20,26,27,06,2
Serial No.: 04,11,16,19,26,29,05,4
NOTE: NOTE: Please be warned, your winning and its entire information are to be
kept strictly confidential, this is to avoid previous bad experience this
program has suffered, such as abuse of this program by other Internet user who
use the name of this company for unscrupulous activities and double
claiming of
winning entitlement because of insecurity of winning information on the part of
beneficiaries. Always call to ensure you are dealing with the right office.
If You Receive This Message in Your Junk or Spam Its Due to Your Internet
Provider
Sincerely,
Rayford, Barbara
Sweepstakes Coordinator
********************************************************************************
The Post People free Lotto Awards is organized and sponsored by consortium of
software companies to encourage the use of the Internet and promote computer literacy.

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