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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: "uklotto organization" <uklottoorganization@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:05:58 +0000
Subject: Congratulations You Are A Lucky Winner Of Us$4.5m

UK-LOTTO ORGANISATION:
Customer Service
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
For Equiries
Call:+447031924881, +447031906741,447024013856
Email:uklotto_enquiries@yahoo.co.uk

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We hereby announce to you the draw of the
UK-LOTTO Sweepstake Lottery International programs
held on the 10th January 2006 ,in Bang-kok Thailand.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02drew the
lucky numbers:19-6-26-17-35-77, which subsequently
won you the lottery in the 2nd category. You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
4.5m (Four million ,Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) in cash credited to file
ktu/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize
of US $ 45 Million US dollars, shared amongst the
first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.All
participants were selected randomly from World
Wide Web site through computer draw system and
extracted from over 100,000 companies.
This promotion takes place annually Please note
that your lucky winning number falls within our
European booklet representative office in Europe
as indicated in your play coupon.In view of this,
your US$4,500,000.00 (Four million ,Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) would be released
to you by our payment office in Bang Kok-Thailand.

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
please quote your full names,your country, your
private Telephone number{s} , your reference/batch
numbers etc and ensure that after receiving this
mssage you forward this message to Trans-World Express
Courier in Bang-kok Thailand which is the courier
company that will deliver your winnings cheque of
usd4.5m to you and when contacting
the courier company also remember to send to
your complete address Donnie Lee Newble jr.
where you want to receive the cheque and your telephone number,also

your winnings information such as serial number, lucky winning
number,ref
and batch numbers etc. The email
address of the Courier Organisation is:
transworldexpcouriercompany@yahoo.it

Contact Agent: Mr Gabriel Jones {CEO Trans World Express Courier}
Congratulations for being part of our promotional
online lottery programm.


Sincerely,
Mr Greg Mcmannuel.
UK-LOTTO Online Co-ordinator


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