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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: "Greg . Smith." <uklottery6666@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 10:19:16 +0000
Subject: NEW YEAR PROMOTION

The Liverpool Football Club Lottery,                                          
 Home Logo

P O Box 1010,
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
10TH JANUARY 2006                                             
                                               
                                           NEW YEAR PROMOTION
 
The management of liverpool football club is glad to announce to the
world  the NEW YEAR PROMOTION, giving away of the sum of TWENTY
MILLION UNITED KINGDOM POUNDS to 40 lucky email addresses all over the
world.This promotion is in appreciation of our International Support in the
European Champions League Finals In Turkey ,and the correspondent capital profit
in the stock market which was far beyond our projected quarterly earnings. It
is also to Mark the Club's  end of year and  100 years of cooperate
existence.Please be informed that all winners in this program have been selected
randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 500,000
companies and individual e-mail addresses database.
Your email address happened to be one of the lucky winner of five
hundred thousand pounds ( £500.000.00(G.B.P) among the Forty email addressess
chosen. For all our international winners the value of the amount comes
to ($917,956.00 USD)
Nine Hundred and Seventeen thousand, Nine hundred and fifty-six United
States Dollars.In other to claim your £500,000.00  prize, you will have
to fill the form below and send it back to us for verification and then
you will be inform on how your Cashier's Check for £500,000.00 has
already been deposited with your email contact.
PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM,
1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________
2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________
3.SEX:_______________
4.AGE:________
5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________
6.OCCUPATION:________________________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________
9.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF
COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL:_____________________________________________
10.AMOUNT:_____________________________________________
11. WON:_______________________________
12. COUNTRY:________________________________
Please you are adviced to complete the form and send back to us for
prompt collection. You are automatically disqualified if you are below
18 years of age.Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners
will result to disqualification. This E-mail message (including
attachments, if any) is intended for the use of the individual or entity
to which it is addressed and may contain Information that is privileged,
proprietary,confidential and exempted from disclosure. If you are not
the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination,distribution
or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited.
 
Sincerely,
Mr. Greg Smith.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent
Mrs.Stephen Mario
Email: stephenmario@uboot.com.
 
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