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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: "BARNEY MOONEY" <moneymatter2@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 14:13:24 +0200
Subject: Winning numbers: 26-36-37-38-42 Bonus: 44-10

TYCOON TREASURE AND GOLD REEF UNIVERSAL CASINO
AFRICA REGIONAL OFFICE
GOLD REEF UNIVERSAL CASINO
MORDERFONTEIN
SOUTH AFRICA

Dear Winner,

My name is Mr. Barney Mooney, Vice President and Financial Controller, on
the behalf of TYCOON TREASURE AND GOLD REEF UNIVERSAL CASINO, I wish to announce you as one of the 60 weekly lucky winners in the Free Lottery draw
held on the 4th of NOV 2005. All 10 winning addresses were randomly selected
from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails.
Your email address emerged along side 59 others as a 2nd category winner in
this weekly Free Lottery Draw.
Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
475,000 US Dollars (four hundred and seventy five thousand US Dollars
only).The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:

(i) Winning numbers: 26-36-37-38-42 Bonus: 44-10
(ii) Email ticket number: TTGRUC 754/22/76
(iii) The file Ref number: FL/04/736207152/SA
Please contact the under listed claims officer as soon as possible for the
Immediate release and processing of your prize:

Ms. Anne Dautun
Email:moneymatter2@hotmail.com
TYCOON TREASURE AND GOLD REEF UNIVERSAL CASINO



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