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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: Global <global@lotto.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 07:06:21 +0000
Subject: You have been selected randomly congratulations


Lucky Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the winners of the Group Lotto programs held on the 11th February,2006.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 002/8765 with serial number 0000876 drew lucky numbers 8-10-23-30-32-49 which consequently won in the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of US$ 500,000.00 (Five hundred thousand United States Dollars) in cash credit.This is from a total cash prize of US $5.000.000.00(Five million dollars)shared among the ten(10) international winners in this category.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants .
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 company and 30,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.This promotional program takes place once every year,we hope with part of your winning you will be lucky in our next year USD 10 million international lottery. To file for your claim please contact our payment center 2,with this email address (paycentre002@netscape.net)
or by phone +447005982719 .
All correspondence should be related to this payment center. Remember all winning must be claimed not later than 14 days from this day, unclaimed funds will be included in the next year's stake.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your ticket number and serial numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore,should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations!!! from our members of staff, and thank you for been part of our promotional lucky program. Note:Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
*************** DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS MAIL.KINDLY CONTACT YOUR SPECIFIED AGENT FOR YOUR PAYMENT.***************
Sincerely,
Cynthia Morrison Lotto Co-ordinator
GLOBAL RANDOM LOTTO

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