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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: cat@luckymojo.com
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 12:28:35 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Voce Ganhou um Chevrolet Camaro 0km e 300mil reais em premios.

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Voce foi indetificado como cliente de alguns dos bancos que fazem parte do Grupo MegaPremio.
E viemos por meio deste anunciar que voce esta concorrendo a um CAMARO 0KM e + 300,000,00R$ em premios!
Isso mesmo, totalmente gratis, e sem pagar nada por isso!
Mega Premio, uma parceria de varios bancos para premiar voce que faz parte da gama de clientes Banco do Brasil, Bradesco, Caixa, Itau, Hsbc, Sicredi e Santander.

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