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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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Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <chyundaigroup@qq.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 08:57:51 +0100
Subject: VITAL INFORMATION DO NOT IGNORE

HYUNDAI GROUP
Hyundai Programs & Events Department
HYUNDAI Motors
P.O. Box 987
Office: Abbey Road, Whitley,
Coventry CV3 4LF

ATTN: Beneficiary,

The seven-member committee to fulfill Chairman Chung Mong-koo's promise to donate One trillion won (US$1.1 billion) to charity, contingent to a suspension early this month of his three-year prison sentence for embezzlement and breach of trust. The ruling meant that the 69-year-old chairman will not be thrown back into jail as long as he remains clean during the next five years. In suspending the prison sentence, the Seoul High Court ordered Chung to fulfill the pledge of donations. Chung, want this money used for the protection of the environment and to build art and cultural facilities.

As one of the final recipients of this Cash Grant/Donation for your own personal,education and business development. The company has decided to randomly select email addresses that would benefit from this donation. Based on the random selection exercise from internet service providers(ISP) and millions of Super market cash invoices worldwide,

you were selected among the five (5) Star Beneficiary to receive the sum US$2,000.000.00(Two Million US Dollars) and HYUNDAI SONATA CAR 2013/2014 MODEL as charity donations

You are to provide the following requirement list below for qualification documentation and processing of your claims, from Monday through Sunday and here is your payment pin number QN(HM-145-5611) which you will use in collecting the funds. Please endeavour to quote your pin number QN(HM-145-5611) in all discussions.


Full Name:
Sex
Age:
Country:
Occupation:
Phone Number:
Email:

On behalf of the seven-member committee kindly accept our warmest congratulations

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Freddy Paul
(Head Of Committee)

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