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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: Online Coordinator <aqurjb@charter.net>
Reply-To: richardcook@shqiptar.eu
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 20:58:43 -0500 (EST)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?FILE_YOUR_CLAIMS_(=C2=A31,500,000_GBP)?=




This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of
£1,500,000(One Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling ) in cash
credited to filektu/9023118308/03 held on the 29th of January,2015 in
London Uk.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. The
BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY is approved by the British Gaming Board. To
begin the Processing of your prize you are to contact our
fiduciary/Claims department for more information as regards procedures
to claim your
prize.

Mr. Richard Cook
Tell: +447937411073
E-mail: bnlclaims0211@gmail.com

Verification/Fund Release Form Below
NAME..:..
ADDRESS....
PHONE NO..:...
OCCUPATION.: .....
AGE..: ....
SEX..:.......
COUNTRY.:....

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