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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: "FREE LOTTO INTERNATIONAL" <vflores@infom.org.gt> (may be fake)
Reply-To: freeprize_uk@live.com
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:37:45 -0600 (CST)
Subject: GOOD NEWS



Dear Esteem Winner,

YOUR EMAIL ID WON PRIZE MONEY OF £500,000.00 British Pounds Sterling's
FROM FREE LOTTO INTERNATIONAL AWARD,PLEASE CONTACT MR. CHRIS BUTTLER
WITH YOUR PERSONAL DATA INFORMATION'S,AND FIND AN ATTACHED FILE FOR
VERIFICATION,FILL FOR YOUR CLAIMS:

THIS IS PART OF OUR PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMS AND
UNWARANTED ABUSE OF THIS PROGRAM, PLEASE BE WARNED. CLICK ON OUR WEBSITE
LINK BELOW TO VEIW THE PHOTO PAGE OF SOME OF OUR RECENT LUCKY WINNERS:
http://www.freelotto.com/preplay.asp

VERIFICATION FORM
1. Full Name:
2. Contact Address:
3. Telephone Number:
4. Sex/Age:
5. Occupation:
6.Country of Origin:

DO CALL PROMO DIRECTOR FOR PROCESSING AND CLAIMS

LOTTERY PROMO DIRECTOR
Name: Mr. CHRIS BUTTLER
Phone Contact: +44-7017515538
E-mail ID'S: freeprize_uk@live.com, or info_freelotto@winners.org





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