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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: "preciado lucas"<preciadolucas1@terra.es>
Reply-To: <accuclaimsonline@sify.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 14:04:24 +0200
Subject: Attn:Email Account Owner

Attn:Email Account Owner,

It is a profound gratitude communicating with you through this medium.
We Acculotto Promotions wish to inform you that your email address with
Ticket Nr.: C:38 R:9,Reference Nr.: 5687SPL876 won prize fund of 1,200,000.00 Euros
categorically in our lottery program.We request you to pay serious attention to this
notification by contacting the foreign taransfer manager.

Please contact our FOREIGN TRANSFER MANAGER, with the below information.
Your Names .......................
Your Address .....................
Your Country .....................
Your Phone No ....................
Your Occupation :.................
Your Age .........................
Sex ..............................

Accu-Online Claims Office
Contact:Dr.Mario Bruno
Tel: +34-685-279-789
E-Mail:accuclaimsonline@sify.com

Yours Sincerely,
Preciado Lucas
Public Relation Officer.

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