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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: "STCROIX INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY" <sclgroupllc@verizonmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: sclgroupllc@erasmas.com
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 16:13:39 -0700
Subject: RE: 2005 AWARDS NOTIFICATION, FINAL NOTICE.

STCROIX INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
640 CREW DRIVE
8GH 7JK,
VIRGIN ISLANDS (UK)



RE: 2005 AWARDS NOTIFICATION, FINAL NOTICE.
We are pleased to inform you that as a result of our RECENT
LOTTERY DRAWS HELD on the 13th of April 2005.
Participants were selected through a random computer
selection process drawn from individuals from Africa,
Europe, North America and Asia. We are therefore pleased to
announce to you $ 500,000 ( Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars ) in cash as Prize money
credited to ID No:SCIL/200118308/02 Note that All
participants in this lottery program have been
selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn
from over 2,000 companies and3,000
individual email addresses from all search enginesand web
sites.

This promotional program takes place at the every third
week of the year, and is sponsored by eminent personalities
like the Sultan of Brunei,Bill Gates of microsoft inc and
other corporate organisations.This is to encourage the use
of the internet and computers worldwide.$80,400,000.00
shared among the seventeen international winners in this
category.

Your fund is deposited with our correspondence West African
Bank, insured in your name.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later one
month from the date of notification.After this date, all
funds will be returned as unclaimed.

To file for your claim, please send us an email with the following
verification information to sclgroupllc@erasmas.com:
1.Name (First Name, Last Name)
2.Addresse
3.Telephone Number
4.Occupation
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for
being part of our promotions program.
Regards
Miss Vanessa Dow
STCROIX LOTTERY GROUP LLC



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