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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: VSL CLAIM CENTER <winningsclaimcentre2007@yahoo.es>
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 17:48:28 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: {Disarmed} =?iso-8859-1?q?ATTENTION=20WINNER:Ref.N=BA:SL/90-SP/5262?=


Ref.Nº:SL/90-SP/5262
Batch’sº: SL/18- GmbH/63733


ATTN. WINNER: Emmy Schaeffer,
Dear MS Emma schaeffer, you are still in contact with mr fillipe morris.we tried reaching you via the number that you sent to our office, through one of your privious emails, a man picked the call and said that he does not know whom you are.even the email i sent to you returned back as an auto response.please confirm the number below:
+49 171-1984753.
Please madam, if you know that you are not willing to make your winnings claim, we are not forceing you either, please send an email application to our office and we shall provide for you a winning fund refusal application form, which you are to fill and return back do hope this is clear and understood.


Yours Faithfully
MR. Felipe Morís (D.O.P

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