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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: "TRIODOS FOUNDATION UK" <info@triodos.com>
Reply-To: triodosfoundationafricazone@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 05:21:14 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: congratulations




.TRIODOS FOUNDATION UK
Brunel House 11 The Promenade Bristol BS8 3NN

Dear Beneficiary:

To celebrate our 17th anniversary,we are happy to inform you that you
were choosen by our board of trustees of Triodos Foundation as one of
the recipients worldwide to receive free cash Grant of $5,000,000.00 USD.
The Foundation was established in the year 1995 by Triodos Multi-Million
Group.

The Grant was based on Online random selection exercises of database of
Email addresses on internet websites worldwide and the Globe divided into
Zones. No tickets were sold but all E-mail addresses were assigned to
different ticket numbers for representation,and your Email ID credited to
Ticket No:(TF90056AF)

You are hereby informed that yours falls to our "AFRICAN ZONE" hence you
are to be paid by our approved AFRICAN ZONAL PAYMENT CENTRE.

For claims,you are to Directly contact our assigned Finance Manager in our
African Zonal Payment Centre via below email,including the below form.
===============================
FINANCE MANAGER:
NAME: MR. JIM ODIMEGWU
Phone: +234-8186680891
E-mail: triodosfoundationafricazone@hotmail.com
===============================

1.Full Name:_______
3.Sex:_____________
2.Address:_________
4.Marital Status:_________
5.Age:_________
6.Occupation:_________
7.Nationality:_________
8.Telephone.No:_________
9.Your Ticket/winning No:_______

All information is strictly confidential and will only be used for the
purpose
to which it is been requested.

On behalf of the Board, kindly accept our warmest congratulations.

Mrs. Litza Martinez
(Grants Co-ordinator)

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