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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: Dave and Angela Dawes <info@mail.org>
Reply-To: <d.a.d_@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 02:42:15 +0530
Subject: Donation



--
Dear Sir / Madam,

This is a personal email directed to you. My wife and I won an Euro
Millions Jackpot Lottery of 101 million Pounds on October 11, 2011 and
have voluntarily decided to donate the sum of 1,000,000.00 Pounds to
you
as part of our own charity project to improve the lot of 20 lucky
individuals all over the world.

We believe that this wonderful opportunity came to us from God and we
cannot keep it to ourselves alone, If you have received this email then
you are one of the lucky recipients and all you have to do is get back
to
us with your particulars so that we can send your details to the
pay-out
bank.

Please you can verify this by visiting the web pages below to see our
interview;
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8820740/101m-lottery-jackpot-winners-Dave-and-Angela-Dawes-to-give-millions-to-friends-and-family.html


And one more thing, this donation is made out to you as to enable you
strengthen your personal issues and mostly to generously help us extend
hands of giving to the less privilege, orphans and charity
organizations
within your locality.

We await your urgent response.
Contact Us Email: d.a.d_@outlook.com
Good-luck,
Dave and Angela Dawes.

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