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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: "Mr. Michael Riggs" <claimsagentoffice005@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 14:01:56 +0100 (BST)
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?q?2nd=20Procedure=20On=20How=20To=20Claim=20Your=20=A3600,00?=
=?iso-8859-1?q?=200.00=20Winner=20Prize.?=


Dear Winner Prize (Alarica Schaefstein)

I am Mr.Michael Riggs,the claims agent assigned to your case to help you in the claims process of your funds. I wish to congratulate you and to say you are a lucky person to have won this lottery. All the winners in the Lottery were selected by an advanced automated random computer ballot search from the Internet as part of our international promotions program which we conduct every year.

1) You to employ the services of our 112 Courier UK Ltd service to deliver your prize Funds in Cheque to your physical mailing address.

2) Your winning parcel will be transfered into your bank account within 48hrs.

As soon as these details are been provided, we will be sending you procedures on the options you must have choosen from the two option above on which you will like to claim your winning parcel.


Congratulations Once Again!!!

Your Sincerely,
Mr.Michael Riggs
Tel:+447045705607
Power Ball Lottery Promo
Claims Fiduciary Agent, POWER BALL LOTTERY PROMO 2007.




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