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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: "Mr john david" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ebaydave009@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2016 06:02:05 -0500
Subject: winning notification.....

NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder, that is because of the restrictions implemented by your Internet Service Provider, we (ebay) urge you to
 
treat it genuinely.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
WINNING NOTIFICATION
       The prestigious eBay has sent out and successfully organised a Sweepstakes marking the new year anniversary
we rolled out over $500,000 (five Hundred thousand dollars) for our new year Anniversary Draws and brand new 2016 Hyundai Tucson. Participants for the draws were randomly selected
and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage. The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalised email addresses to ticket numbers.
eBay is now the largest Internet marketing company and in an effort to make sure that Internet Marketing remains the most widely used Site .
 
I am using this opportunity to thank you for using eBay regularly.
 
eBay is running an e-mail beta test. Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket number 008795727498 with serial numbers BTD/9080648302/06 and drew the lucky numbers 14-21-25-39-40-47(20)
which subsequently won you 500,000(five Hundred Thousand dollars ) as one of the jackpot winners in this draw. You have therefore won the entire winning sum of 500.000 (five Hundred Thousand dollars).
These Draws are commemorative and as such special. Please be informed by this winning notification to file your claims.you are to make contact with your designated agent who shall dully guide you through
the process to facilitate the release of your prize.To file for your claim Please fill in the information then send it to your fiduciary agent and you have to send it to that email below
 
Mr. john david eBay Promotion Award Team Head Winning Claims Dept.
Email: ebaydave009@gmail.com
make the below information’s available to him
 
THIS SHOULD BE FILL BY THE BENEFICIARY OF THE STATED FUND, FOR VERIFICATION BEFORE TRANSFER.
 
Full Name:
contact Address:
Sex:
Age:
Country:
Marital Status:
Occupation:
Tel:
Fax:
 
DECLARATION: I..........................................................HEREBY DECLARE THAT THE ABOVE DATA ARE TRUE.
THAT MY CLAIMS AGENT SHALL ACT AS A FACILITATOR IN THE TRANSFER OF THE TOTAL FUND TO ME. DATE........................................... (YOUR FULLNAMES)...........................
Congratulations once again from the entire staff of the Microsoft Award Team.
 
Contact Person: Mr. john david
Contact Address:ebaydave009@gmail.com
 
Signed.
eBay Award Department.
ceo devin wenig.
 

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