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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: "Julian Holy" <julianholybarristers@myway.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 03:36:32 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Julian Holy Solicitors (Claim Form).
































































JULIAN HOLY SOLICITORS114A CROMWELL ROADLONDON - ENGLAND

TEL:+447040110646

Dear Winner,Reference Number:1037231IIPrize Won: 1,800,000.00 Pounds SterlingCongratulations! on your qualification as a lottery winner in the 2nd category of our International lottery program tagged e-Millionaire Lottery .This lottery program has been online for a year and a lot of people have benefited from it. Our aim is to gain voters for the forth-coming world bank power election. All we need is your vote in support of the Barclay's bank and Hsbc merger to power the world bank Finance House.For e-Millionaire Lottery to make payment to you as a rightful beneficiary of winning-prize, you are to fill the e-Millionaire Lottery payment processing form, for processing of winning-prize entitlement to you. Along with this mail is the payment processing form. fill the entire fields in the form and forward the filled form back to me via email: julianholybarristers@myway.com so as to enable us initiate payment to you immediately.Your quick reply will be highly appreciated to enable
us make payments to you in good time.Thanks.Sincerely Yours,Barrister Nicholas Simpson (Esq)Head Of Clearance Dept.Tel:+447040110646

CLAIM FORMREFERENCENUMBER:....................................................................TICKETNUMBER:...........................................................................FULLNAME:...................................................AGE:.........................OCCUPATION:....................................................SEX:....................COMPANYNAME:.............................................................................RELIGION:.......................................................................FULLADDRESS:................................................................................COUNTRYNAME:................................................................................TEL:.......................MOBILE:.........................FAX:...............................EMAIL:......................................................................HAVE YOU EVER DIRECTLY/INDIRECTLY PARTICIPATED IN ANY LOTTERY PROGRAMME (YES OR NO) IF YES PLEASE
STATE:-------------------WILL YOU LIKE TO GRANT PRESS CONFERENCE? YES/NO ------------------------I HEREBY ENDORSE THUS: Date ;............................ Signature;..............................

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