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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: "ALERT" < no-reply@201.red-81-40-235.staticip.rima-tde.net>
Reply-To: unionexcelsec-sa@spainmail.com
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2016 21:06:58 +0100
Subject: ALERT WINNERS


Dear client, Your email account have been confirmed as one of the Winners o=
f Spanish International online lottery promotion program 2016 fiscal year. =
You have been allocated =801,816,900.00 under the claim file number:EG/0084=
/5170024 and batch Number:100000488 You are required to contact the fiducia=
ry agent for your claim:- UNION EXCEL SECURITIES S A Attn: Antonio Lucas, T=
el: +34 602 682 337 kindly quote the above winning information to your clai=
m agent. Yours faithfully, Michelle Hopkins Online Lottery coordinator Spon=
sored: By International Lotto Promotion Commission Madrid Spain

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