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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: noreply@noreply.com
Reply-To: info.vmclaim@representative.com
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:22:48 +0200
Subject: Consumer Remittance Reward

Dear Consumer

I once again I try to notify you as my earlier letter to you returned undelivered.

Visa Master Card Group is rewarding visa, master credit / debit cardholder. The Reward was supported by Corporate Groups of ATM / POS Merchant, Inter switch Transact partners, International E-Payout, endorsed by International Syndicate of Equitable Economic benevolent Philanthropist's. Ballot Within the cast was drawn exercises Corporate Groups, Individual and Corporate Email Picked by Which was from the Consumer database; In the Process your Email Picked among targeting was valued Individual Consumers and Corporate Support of advanced e-mail through the Web Sourcing Software. At the conclusions of the conduction ballot casting exercises, among 32 countries, including five (5) African countries, you emerged as one of the outstanding and valued consumer to be rewarded with a value worth of (£ 1,970,000.00 GBP) One Million Nine Hundred and. Seventy Thousand Great Britain Pounds You are in category 'A; with the Following: REWARD serial code: (MV568A04), File number: (WPVMSCU00001176204) NOTE: Beneficial Claim Reward value MUST be by the Email ID owner ONLY, not later than Seven (7 ) Working days; from the Notification Received the you Day.

To claim your reward please contact Mr. Albert with the Email Below, is your Designated Representative Claim Reward Coordinator & Assign to you.
E-mail: info.vmclaim@representative.com

NOTE: Due to possible mix up of some numbers and email contacts, we advise that you keep this reward strictly from the public or whosoever it may be until your reward value have been processed and remit to your nominated account this is part of security protocol, to avoid double claims or sneaky internet criminals.


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