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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: "Mrs.Elizabeth Castro" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <donnabucella@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 15:02:32 -0700
Subject: Dear Subscriber,

Dear Subscriber,



Your EMAIL ADDRESS account has won you $1,000,000.00 (One Million U.S dollars) in the National lottery draws that was held on Saturday, July 11, 2015. LOTTO 6/49 Prize Breakdown, by electronic random selection from World Wide Web EMAILS.



Your EMAIL ADDRESS attached to ticket number: B9564 7560 4545 100, serial number 5104791 and MAIN DRAW Numbers 9,20,25,27,31,32 Bonus 3. LOTTO 6/49 Prize Payouts credited to Winning number 07576207-01 file AAL/9080118308/15.



Your winning number falls within our Asia representative's booklet as indicated in the play coupon. You should contact our Asia Fiduciary Agent- Mr. Benjarong Charusiri in BANGKOK, THAILAND for claim of your Lottery winning amount.



Asia Agent Contact information:

Name: Mr Benjarong Charusiri

Email: jonclottey.004@hotmail.com

Telephone: +66-98486491122



Due to possible mix up of EMAIL ADDRESS contacts, we ask that you keep this award news private from public notice until your money is remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid unscrupulous acts by some of the participants of this program.



Congratulations from all members and staff of this program to you that have successfully won this competition and thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.



CONTACT THE AGENT WITH THE ABOVE EMAIL ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER TO TAKE YOUR MONEY.



Yours Sincerely,

Mrs.Elizabeth Castro

Program Announcer.

680 NC.

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