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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: Pedro Quezada <abdouwmha7@yahoo.in>
Reply-To: Pedro Quezada <pedroquead@yahoo.in>
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2014 18:48:32 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Charity Donation


Dear,

This is a personal email directed solely to you to inform you that I havechosen you to be my partner in my current charity program. By this, I shall bedonating the sum of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars(US$2,500,000.00) to you which you will use to establish any charity of yourchoice in your country.

All that is required of you is your time and honesty which I know should beguaranteed going by what I have read about you and considering that at thispeak of your age, all that should matter most to you should be to do one thingthat will impact positively in the lives of the people you are going to leavebehind on this earth.

As a brief summary about me, I am a United States of America resident / citizenby naturalization but a Dominican Republican by birth.  I won the NewJersey Powerball Lottery of $338million (Dollars) and I have just commenced myCharity Donation and I will be giving out cash donation of US$2.5 MILLIONDOLLARS to five (5) lucky individuals and ten (10) charity organizationsrespectively across the globe which your email address emerged as one of thelucky five email addresses whose owner is to receive my cash donation of US$2.5Million from the list of the submitted email addresses from your region by theGoogle Management Team.  It is on this note that you are receiving thisemail to inform you that I have listed you as one of the lucky recipients of mycash donation.  CONGRATULATIONS!

To enable me issue final instruction to my bank to issue you with the certifiedpayment draft (cheque), kindly confirm you’re below details to me.
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1. Full Names:
2. Address:
3. Phone Number (Mobile/Home):
4. Sex:
5. Age:   
6. Occupation:
7. Nationality:
8. Country of Residence:
9. Alternative Email (if any):
10. Scanned copy of Valid and legal means of identification.
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To verify about my winnings, please read the daily mail news article of myinterview by visiting the web page below; http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2302503/New-Jersey-338m-Powerball-winner-Pedro-Quezada-pays-30k-resolve-child-support-debt.html
Contact me directly by email on:  pedroquead@yahoo.in.
Thank you and congratulations in advance,
PEDRO QUEZADA.

This e-mail is intended only for the person or entity to whom it is addressedand may contain information that is privileged, confidential, or otherwiseprotected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, or anemployee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intendedrecipient, you are notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or thetaking of any action in reliance on the contents of this message is prohibited.If you have received this e-mail in error or in doubt of its authenticity,please contact the sender immediately by email: pedroquead@yahoo.in. Statements and representations made in this message are notnecessarily that of Pedro Quezada..

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