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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: "UPS EXPRESS COURIER" <info@ups.com>
Reply-To: upsdispatch443@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 06:51:01 -0300 (CLST)
Subject:


****CONGRATULATION****

Your email has won for you(2,000,000.00 USD) in our end of year Microsoft
Lottery that is currently going on now.Your email address was randomly
selected with the aid of a computer billoting system from all web users
list of email address world wild. You are hereby advise to contact Mr.
David Carrick of the UPS EXPRESS COURIER with your information below for
delivery of your winnings to this email: upsdispatch443@hotmail.com

Name:
Address:
Age:
Occupation:
Country:
Telphone Number:

CONTACT UPS EXPRESS COURIER
Mr. David Carrick
Email: upsdispatch443@hotmail.com

Note: We have paid for the delivery and premium insurance fee of your
winning prize and you are to pay to the UPS courier Service the sum of two
hundred andfourty Dollars ($240 USD) for their security fee. We could have
paid this for you but we do not know when you will contact them. Once
again Congratulations

Mrs.Rose Raul.

(ONLINE CO-ORDINATOR)

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