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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: COMBO EMAIL LOTTERY <comboemaillotto@aol.com>
Reply-To: securitiesu@aol.com
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:24:19 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS, YOU WON


Dear Winner,this is to inform you that you have won a prize money of seven
hundred and fifty thousand euros(€750,000) for New Year Edition 2009 Lottery
promotion which is organized by Spanish National Lottery,email
addresses of people that are active online are collected,among the millions we only
select five people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting
System without the winner applying,we congratulate you for being one of
the people selected.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

You are to contact your Claims Agent with immediate effect to faciliate
the protocol of your winning prized before the date of Claim.

Dr. Martins Fernando.
(VERIFICATION DEPARTMENT MANAGER)
Tel: +34 656 462 003
Email: securitiesu@aol.com

You are therefore advised to send the following information to the claims
agent.

1. Full name .............
2. Country..............
3. Contact Address..........
4.. Telephone Number ......
5. Marital Status .........
6. Occupation .............
7. Company .............
8. Age...................

Congratulations!! once again.

Yours in service,
Mrs Maria Boris.

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