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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: "Charity Foundation" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <alnviolt@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:14:54 -0700
Subject: Winner of Allen and Violet Large Charity Project

Good Day To You,

This is a personal email directed to you. My wife and I won a Jackpot
Lottery of $11.2 million in July and have voluntarily decided to donate
the sum of $500,000.00 USD to you as part of our own Charity Project to
improve the lot of 7 lucky individuals all over the world. If you have
received this email then you are one of the lucky recipients and all you
have to do is get back to us so that we can send your details to then
payout bank.

You can verify this by visiting the web pages below.
http://gimundo.com/news/article/lottery-winners-allen-and-violet-large-give-11-million-fortune-to-charity/


Good luck,
Allen and Violet Large

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