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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: "Andrea Picone" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lucasconti@italymail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2014 07:50:04 +0200
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION



POSTE ITALIANE S.P.A/UNITED NATIONS
ITALY.

Dear Poste Italiane Beneficiary,

UNITED NATIONS PAYMENT NOTIFICATION.

We wish to inform you that the United Nations (UN) has authorized us to remitte to
you a total amount of €500,000.00, (Five Hundred Thousand Euros).

Your Cash prize was paid out to us by the United Nations, and they have
successfully succeeded in depositing your whole funds with us here at Poste
Italiane. Italy.

We have the order to take full responsibility in the transfer process of
your funds and thus commence the immediate remittance of your funds to you.

Be duly informed that because of our Poste Italiane transfer policy, your funds
will be paid to you via Bank to Bank wire transfer or by ATM Card.You will have to indicate your choice of receiving your fund.

To begin the claim process of your cash prize as stated above, you are
require to provide us with the following informations;

Your Full Names:
Address:
Phone Number/Code:
Country:

Upon the receipt of the above mentioned details,we shall proceed to commence the payment of your cash prize to you

For more information on your payment status,please contact;

Sig.Lucas Conti
(lucasconti@italymail.com)

OR call our 24 hours Helpline @ +39 3510057141, for any inquiries on the
above message.

Yours truly,
Andrea Picone
For:Poste Italiane s.p.a. Italy.
P. IVA 04107060966 – © 2014 POSTE ITALIANE S.P.A.

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The information in this email is confidential and intended solely for the
recipient,and is legally protected.
The use of this information by anyone other than the recipient is prohibited. Disclosure, copying, distribution
of this information to third parties is not allowed.
Poste Italian,Italy is not liable for the improper and incomplete transmission of the contents of a sent email nor for any delay in its receipt.
This footnote also indicates that the contents of this email has been scanned by a current virus scanner for the presence of computer virus.

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