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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: "UK LOTTERY. UK LOTTERY" <uklottery_luckywinnerr@msn.com>
Reply-To: uklottery_officee@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:00:50 +0000
Subject: PROUDLY LUCKY WINNER.

UNITED KINGDOM (U.K) LOTTERY.
28 ROMFORD AVENUE,
FOREST GATE
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.

REF: NBM /2551256003/22
BATCH: 14/0017/IPD
DEAR WINNER,

ON BEHALF OF THE U.K LOTTERY AND FROM THE DESK OF THE CLAIMS DEPARTMENT,WE
GLADLY NOTIFY YOU OF YOUR LUCKY WIN OF A TOTAL OF
£5,600,000.00 POUNDS STERLING ONLY,IN THE ON-GOING DRAWS, HELD ON THE 1ST
OF NOVERMBER, 2005.

YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS CAME OUT IN THE 3RD CATEGORY OF OUR COMPUTER BALLOTTING
SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 15 MILLION NAMES FROM AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND, AMERICA,
EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA AND AFRICA AS PART OF INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS
PROGRAM, WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY.

YOUR EMAIL WAS ATTACHED TO TICKET NUMBER: 025-1146-1992-750,
WITH SERIAL NUMBER: 2113-22
AND LUCKY NUMBERS: 2- 19- 29- 32- 40- 46.
(YOU CAN CHECK YOUR RESULTS ON www.alllotto.co.uk TO CONFIRM YOUR EXACT
PRIZE AMOUNT)

YOU WINNING FALLS UNDER THE BOOKLET OF OUR EUROPEAN CO-ORDINATOR, THEREFORE
YOU ARE IMMEDIATELY REQUIRED TO CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT,TO PROCESS YOUR
PRIZE CLAIM, AT THE ADDRESS BELOW:

Name: SIR WOOD DOUGLS
(EUROPEAN FIDUCIARY AGENT.)


ONCE AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF U.K LOTTERY TEAM, WE SAY CONGRATULATIONS.
YOURS SINCERELY,
DR. MARIAM.
HEAD, ONLINE CONTACT TEAM.
U.K LOTTERY.

WARNING:
1. YOU ARE HIGHLY ADVISED TO KEEP YOUR PRIZE WINNING HIGHLY SECRET,
CONFIDENTIAL AND FROM PUBLIC NOTICE, UNTIL YOU HAVE COMPLET ELY TRANSFFERED
YOUR PRIZE, TO AVOID ANY LOSS, TO UNSCRUPULOUS INDIVIDUALS, AS WE DID NOT
EVEN PUBLISH YOUR NAME/EMAIL ON THE WEBSITE, TO PROTECT YOU AND YOUR PRIZE
MONEY.

2. YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED, IF UNDER THE AGE OF 18.

3. YOUR PRIZE MONEY WILL BE FOREFEITED, IF YOU FAIL TO CLAIM YOUR
PRIZE, ON OR BEFORE THE 23RD OF MAY, 2006 SO CONTACT YOUR
FIDUCIARY AGENT IMMEDIATELY



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