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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: albert@hinet.net
Reply-To: guinnesspromo.002@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 09:27:17 +0530
Subject: Winning Notification !!!


GUINNESS CUSTOMERS PROMOTION
DV-2015 Programmed
St. Christo Road 4324 Azuela (Ecowas)
Guinness Plc, West Africa.
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Winning Notification.
We happily inform you about our Guinness National Lottery Programmed held o=
n 28 december 2015 which your email entered as an dependent client and fina=
lly took the 1st position in our category winners that falls within the Wes=
t Africa region. Your email was attached to this ticket number (44-40-23-77=
7-01) with track claim Identification number (De/015/swc08) which subsequen=
tly won you Ten million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars. ($10,5=
00,000.00) and your name will be recorded in our Guinness world book of rec=
ord as the 1st lucky winner of the year 2015. You have been approved the su=
m of Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United States dollars ($10,500,000.0=
0) which will be sent across to you immediately.
All emails are selected randomly through a computer ballot which subsequen=
tly won you the sweepstake of Guinness internet web lottery. =

Here is our fiduciary agent Mr. Pablo Williams, responsible for the process=
ing / release of your winnings prizes.
This is part of our security measures put in place to avoid double claiming=
or a situation where unwanted person(s) would be taking negative advantage=
of these promotions, thereby impersonating in order to claim another perso=
ns winning prize.
Fiduciary: Mr. Pablo Williams
Email: guinnesspromo.002@gmail.com
You are required to forward the following details to help facilitate the pr=
ocessing of your claim certificate and the release of your winning prices.
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Full names=2026=2026=2026
Residential address=2026=2026=2026
Phone number=2026=2026=2026=2026
Occupation=2026=2026
Sex=2026=2026
Age=2026=2026=2026
Country=2026=2026=2026
Once Again, Congratulation!!
Mr. Henry Woods,
Head of Operation.

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