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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: Lottery Winning Office <diplomat.dr.samanuka@gmail.com>
Reply-To: privateemailmessagecentre@aol.com
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 11:13:35 +0100
Subject: Dear Lottery Winner of $3,750,000.00 USD

US-LOTTERY CLAIMS OFFICE
140 MARK RANDY PLACE, #2,
MODESTO, CALIFORNIA 95350 - USA.
Date: Feb / 10th / 2015
Ref: 213061798
Batch: 8056490902/188
Winning No: KB8701/LPRC-USA.

Dear Lottery Winner,

CONGRATULATION!!

We are delighted to inform you of your winning on the
January/20th/2015 from the United States of America International
Lottery Program which is partially based on an electronic selection of
Winners using their e-mail addresses. Your e-mail address
(vijai@excellifesciences.com) was attached to ticket number; 213061798
8056490902 serial number 6741137002.This batch draws the lucky numbers
as follows: 4-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17, which consequently won the
lottery in the second category.

You are here by having been approved a lump sum pay of $3,750,000.00
US (THREE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES
DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 46704/15 from the total cash
prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category.

All participants were selected through a computer balloting system
drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from USA, CANADA,
AUSTRALIA, INDIAN, TAIWAN, HONG KONG, SOUTH AFRICA, GERMANY, BELGIUM,
KOREA, JAPAN, INDONESIA, CHINA, BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, GUAM, NEPAL, SAUDI
ARABIA, AFGHANISTAN, , as part of our International promotions program
which is conducted annually.

This Lottery is promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the communities where they have operational base and you
are entitled with a huge lump of $3,750,000.00. Your batch number
felled under US-Payment center in California - USA.


Also, you should give in your telephone number to help locate your
file easily. For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this
information confidential from the public until your claim is
processed. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by
non-participant or unofficial personnel.

Note: all winnings MUST be claimed by the February, 24th/ 2015;
otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually
donated to charity.

Congratulations once again on your winning!

Best Regards.

Mr. Richard Beacham
(For the coordinator).
US-LOTTERY CLAIMS OFFICE
140 MARK RANDY PLACE, #2,
MODESTO, CALIFORNIA 95350 - USA.
Date: Feb / 10th / 2015
Ref: 213061798
Batch: 8056490902/188
Winning No: KB8701/LPRC-USA.

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