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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "barr.charles511@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: info@live.com
Reply-To: barr.charles511@live.com
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 21:22:55 +0000
Subject: compensation

Beste vriend

Dit is een persoonlijke e-mail gericht aan jou. Ik ben Dave Dawes, mijn verloofde en ik won een jackpot loterij van 101 miljoen pond (101,000,000.00 GBP =

128,315,499.32 EUR), en hebben vrijwillig besloten om te doneren het bedrag van 1 miljoen pond (1.000.000,00 EUR = 1,270,437.70 EUR) aan u als een deel van onze eigen

goede doel project om het lot van 5 onbekende geluk te verbeteren individuen over de hele wereld plus 15 goede vrienden en familie. Als je ontving deze e-mail dan bent

u een van de gelukkige ontvangers en Tevreden contact opnemen met mijn juridisch adviseur Barr.charles gevestigd in Groot-Brittannië, want ik heb hem gegeven

instructies om dit geld zo snel mogelijk aan u te leveren.

U kunt contact opnemen met mijn raadsman Barr. charles Via e-mail [ barr.charles511@live.com] gewoon vertellen dat je contact met hem onder instructie van Code:

BMUTU992 zal hij mijn wil eren en betaalt u binnen Vierde acht uur. Stuur hem je I.D, telefoon en adres voor verificatie en de betaling processing.My geest zal worden

opgeheven zodra je dit geld.

U kunt dit controleren door naar de onderstaande webpagina's.

http://www.Telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8820740/101m-Lottery-jackpot-Winners-Dave-and-Angela-Dawes-togive-Millions-to-friends-and-Family.html

Best of luck,
BMUTU992

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