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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: "FROM THE SENNATE HOUSE,ABUJA,NIGERIA" <patrickgomez007@yahoo.it>
Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 20:49:02 +0800
Subject:

This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of
$1,000,000.00 (US DOLLARS) held on the 25th of May 2010 in ABUJA,NIGERIA.The
selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email selection system(ess) from a database of over 250,000
email addresses drawn from which you were selected.

NOTET; THAT WILL HAVE ARRANGE THE MONEY IN AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO
WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE
MAXIMUM IS $10.000 USD PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND THIS
WAY PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING THE INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE
DEPARTMENT CARD PAYMENT CENTER.


For more information please contact our claims agent;
Dr. PATRICK GOMEZ
Phone +234-7062-914-188
Email:patrickgomez007@yahoo.it
Provide him with the information below:

1.Full Name:
2.Full Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:

Yours faithfully,
Rose Wood (Mrs.)
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY








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