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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: "LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR" <sarah.tom7@aol.fr>
Reply-To: gerri.luis@freelottos.co.uk
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 16:26:56 +0300
Subject: Free Lotto Winne


- This mail is in HTML. Some elements may be ommited in plain text. -

Dear Winner
We are pleased to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the Second Category of our promotional draws of Free Lotto to the sum of $1,000,000 (One Million Dollars).with serial number 5772-54 and drew numbers 3-4-17-28-35-02 The draws are being officially announced today 14th of April 2014.
Please contact your claims agent :
MR LUIS GERRI.
gerri.luis@freelottos.co.uk
***********************************************
Do remember to quote your serial and drew number in all correspondence.
Congratulations once again.
Sincerely Yours,
Joyce Moore.
LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.

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