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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: eto@caluniv.ac.in
Reply-To: GT.M@qq.com
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 07:30:09 -0430
Subject:




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This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of One Million Great
Britain Pounds(£1,000,000.00 GBP ) And APPLE LAPTOP for the Annual 2015
Lottery promotion which is organized by GOOGLE/GMAIL LOTTERY INC IN
COLLABORATION WITH THE UNITED NATION(UN).GOOGLE/GMAIL WINDOWS, collects
all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the
people that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail, we only select 13 people
every year as our winners through electronic balloting System without the
winner applying. Google/Gmail Lottery Prize must be claimed not later than
4 days from the date of this Notification after the Draw date in which
Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.

Our Event Manager will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security reasons,
you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your
claims is processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of
this program, Please be warned. You are expected to fill and submit to the
event manager.
VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM


1.Full name
2.Contact Address
3.Age
4.Telephone Number
5.Sex
6.Occupation
7.Country
8.STATE
9.I...........................................hereby
declare that the above information is true and binding on me. If at any
time it is discovered that I have given false information, I will forfeit
my rights to my winnings.
Contact Events manager Lottery Department
Submit your information to the company email stated below only.
Name: Mr Mitch Spencer
Contact Email: ( GT.M@qq.com )

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