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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: =?utf-8?q?sr=20john=20williams?= <srjohn.williams@yahoo.com.co>
Reply-To: infomicrosoftlotto2007@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:26:50 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: ATTAINTION BENEFICIARY


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:srjohn.williams@yahoo.com.co



- Swiss lotto ct ddress,Bunderstrasse 333324 Bern Eck, Switzerland Dear You have just won 4,000,000 Euro (FOUR MILLION EURO) in an internet lottery in which -mail address was picked randomly by software powered by the Internet through the worldwide website. This promo is sponsored by the Swiss lottery organization. Your email address, attached to JOKER NUMB Swiss Lottery Winner, ER: 113620 , with EXTRA JOKER NUMBER: 079314 dproudlyrew the SWISS LOTTO WINNING NUMBER: 3111631333529 Replay 4 , and consequently won the lottery in the "A" Category. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw System and extracted from over 300,000 companies and individual email addresses.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.To file for your claim, please contact our trusted agent:Name: sir williams Email_ sirwilliams_994yahoo.com Telephone Number : +44 70457 98878


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