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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: "hope morgan" <hope_1morg@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:50:01 +0000
Subject: IMPERIAL LOTTO UK

FROM: THE DESK OF THE ONLINE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
IMPERIAL LOTTO UK

Dear Prize Winner,
RESULTS FOR PROMOTIONAL DRAW
IMPERIAL LOTTERY U.K wishes to announce the result of its third quarter
online
lottery promotions programme. We are pleased to officially inform you that
you have emerged as one of the 6 lucky winners in the IMPERIAL LOTTERY UK
draw
held on 27th January 2006.
All 6 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 25,000
international emails drawn from the world wide web users database all over
the world.
Consequently, you have therefore been approved a total pay out of One
Million United Kingdom Pounds in cash (£1000,000 pounds sterlin). The
following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:
(i) Winning numbers: 07, 15, 29, 37, 48, 56
(ii) Email ticket number: 273-1-3221
(iii) Lotto batch number: OE-234(P
(iv) File Ref. number: GL6341-4
Please contact the underlisted claims officer with your winning detail by
email or fax as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings:

Harril Parker
LOTTERY CLAIMS DIRECTOR,
CASH FLO. FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD.
28 Luke Street
London, EC2A 4AR,
United Kingdom.
ha1parker@yahoo.co.uk
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
Ms Hope Morgan
AWARDS COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS.
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, UK.
24 HOUGHTON STREET,
London WC2A 2AE
PLS NOTE: IMPERIAL LOTTERY U.K is licenced by the British Gaming Board and
National lottery.organise e-lottery promotions and winners are free to
decline their prizes
or process same in line with our policies.


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