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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Dr Sophia Loren" <agent@uninformationcentre.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 14:17:30 +0000
Subject: KWONLEDGE IS POWER

The last meeting held by IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied

Chemist) in

 

conjunction with WHO (World Health Organization) in USA about the rapid

increase of

 

the pandemic disease (HIV/AIDS) in the world, confirmed that, everyday more

than

 

8,000 people die from AIDS and every year another five million (5,000,000)

become

 

infected with HIV. Since July 2004 only 260,000 new patients have benefited

from ARV

 

therapy in developed countries. Treatment expansion is moving at a snail's

pace. From

 

the perspective of a medical humanitarian organization working in

resource-poor

 

countries to treat with AIDS, the global picture is bleak.

 

 

Are you aware of the up coming NATIONAL AWARENESS PROGRAM 2005 that will be

 

held in AMERICAN, WASHINGTON and ENGLAND,LONDON? This program is to

enlighten us about HIV and AIDS

 

existence. The good thing about this program is that everything about it has

been made

 

free including your visa and flight ticket (to and fro).Congratulation these is your opportunity to own an AMERICAN and ENGLAND visa for free, without question.

 

The only thing you have to do is to send an application letter to the

organizer of the

 

program, which is in the person of Kofi Annan the secretary general of the

United

 

Nations. (Through kofiannan@unaidsworld.net or unaids@mail2american.com ) telling him your

 

1 Name and

2 Country 

 

 

My names are Sophia Loren; I am a 65yrs old German lady, living in American.

It will be

 

my at most joy to meet you there.

 

This program is for everybody whether you are HIV positive or negative. It

will help us

 

on how to prevent HIV and AIDS. The first five hundred (500) people to

tender their

 

application letter will be given the Anti-Retrovirus drugs (ARV) free. Hope

to meet u

 

there. KWONLEDGE IS POWER.


 

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