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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: China Southern Grid <panikova@snslp.sk>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 22:15:27 +0100 (CET)
Subject: CHINA SOUTHERN POWER GRID YEAR 2015 EMAIL PRIZE AWARDS

CHINA SOUTHERN POWER GRID CO., LTD.
No.6 Huasui Road, Zhujiang Xincheng Tianhe District,
Guangzhou, P.R.China, 510623
Tel: (86 10) 58160076
Fax: (86 10) 84775107
Website: www.csg.cn

Dear E-mail User,

:::YEAR 2015 EMAIL PRIZE AWARDS:::

We at the China Southern Power Grid Limited global office like to officially congratulate you for the position you emerged in the draw that was just held by our company which featured you as the Second Place Winner. Our company holds promotion each year just to promote our global publicity and reputations as we plan to exploit more corners of the World with our highly valued product lines. This promotion is just one of the various ways we are presently using to achieve this global vision of ours.

Your email address with MICRO ID: CSG-W002-HTY2-02FE was luckily drawn to be this year's Second Place Winner of a brand new BMW X6 2014 updated model: which is worth $178,505 USD and cash prize of $1.5 Million United State Dollars. This money and gift we believe will enable you make some impact in the society and possibly invest in our company.

You are hereby requested to contact our agent for more details on our Promotion in particular before taking further actions to claim your prize. Ensure you inform Dr. Kris Morris who is our fiduciary claims official in London United Kingdom and can understand English. See details of him below;

Name: Dr. Kris Morris
E-mail: Krismorris990@gmail.com
Phone Number: +447031992217

Address: 50 B Broadwick Street,JKH London, UK?

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