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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- francis.thompson@i12.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Gerry Kenth <fgh@johnnnymails.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:25:47 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS !!! YOU HAVE WON TWO MILLION US DOLLARS FROM NEW HOTMAIL BETA PROMO

Hello and Welcome to Windows Live HotmailÂ®

Congratulations! You have just been selected as of this year winners of the Windows Live Hotmail and YAHOO email promo.
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This is to officially inform you that you have won $2,000,000.00 (Two Million United States Dollars).
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MICROSOFT WINDOWS, arrange and gather all the e-mail addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to All email Address, and others we only select Nine(9) candidates per annually as our winners through Electronic Balloting System (EBS) without the candidate applying, we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.

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PAYMENT OF PRIZE CLAIM

We are sorry that your Payment Approval File was sent to Africa (Republic of Ghana) due to we have 3 lucky winners in Africa so that you can be cleared and paid simultaneously there. You are to contact ourÂ Â Location Claim Agent on or before your date of Claim.

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Windows live Hotmail and Yahoo prize must be claimed not later than 14 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won.

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Note: Any prize not claimed within this period (14 days) will be forfeited.
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These are your identification numbers:
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Batch number.....................WBM-EBS360AF
Reff number........................WBM-EBS710AF
Winning number...............WBM-EBS-718AF
Â Â Â Â These numbers above fall within theÂ agent's Location file, you are requested to contact your Agent and send your Identification Numbers and Personal Information to him;
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Â BARRISTER FRANCIS THOMPSON.Â at his email:
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E-mail: Francis.thompson@i12.comÂ
TEL:+233-20-5576593
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Â Â Â You are therefore advised to send the following information to him to facilitate them and process the transfer of your fund with the appointed paying bank.
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Send your Identification Numbers/Your Personal Information to him immediately:
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Personal Information
1. Full name..................
2. Country....................
3. Contact Address...........
4. Telephone Number.........
5. Marital Status..............
6. Occupation..................
7. Age.........................
8. Sex.........................
Date.........................
Â Congratulations once again.
Yours in service,
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Bank Account Transfer

By Cash (Winners will be require to come down here by theirselves to remitt their winning fund.)
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