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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: DEBORAH MARTINS <larry_peters06@yahoo.it>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:58:06 -0500
Subject: ECO LOTTERY WINNERS (HEADQUARTERS)

ECO LOTTERY WINNERS (HEADQUARTERS)
ATTENTION: WINNER!!!
TICKET NUMBER: 2752246896
SERIAL NUMBER: 5368/02
BATCH NUMBER: AT-040SB06-03

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw of the Eco International Lottery Sweepstake Online Lottery International programs held on the 13th of OCTOBER, 2006 in BRESCIA ITALY Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 2752246896 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: AT-040SB06-03, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$2,500,000.00 (Two million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited to file ktu/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of US $ 2.5 Million dollars, shared among the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies. This promotion takes place annually please note that your lucky winning number falls within our African booklet representative office in West Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your S$2,500,000.00 (Two million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) would be released to you by our payment office in Africa. Our African agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.

Please be warned. To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

NAME: MR LARRY PETERS
EMAIL: larry_peters06@yahoo.it
Phone Number : +234 802-657-7988

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your full

1. Full Names: ------------------------------------------
2. Residential Address: ----------------------------------
3. Phone Number: --------------------------------------------
4. Fax Number:-------------------------------------------
5. Occupation: -----------------------------------------------
6. Sex: --------------------------------------------------------
7. Age: ---------------------------------------------------------
8. Nationality: -----------------------------------------------
9. Present Country: --------------------------------------------

Sincerely,
deborah martins.
Eco International Lottery Online Co-coordinator
Sweepstakes International Program.







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