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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 Online Lottery" <k.howard@core.com>
Reply-To: watersonlinedep@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:34:52 -0400
Subject: ATTN.


<div id="yiv1375978734"><div class="msgbody clearfix" id="message5091638286426337016612443010251101151654233744" style="VISIBILITY: visible"><div id="yiv929017973"><p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="553" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" colspan="5"><strong><img alt="The National Lottery" src="http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/i/clickthru/privacypolicy/htmlemail_privacy_top.gif" /></strong></td></tr><tr><td width="2" bgcolor="#000099"></td><td width="10"><strong><img height="1" src="http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/i/s.gif" width="10" /></strong></td><td class="normal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt" width="530"><font face="Verdana" color="#000000" size="1"><div><strong>Dear Winner,                                                                              Your ref: 6525/07</strong></div><div><br /><strong>The National Lottery is pleased to inform you that you emerged a winner of £950,000.00 GBP  in the last concluded National Lottery online draws on 23rd July,2007.<br />However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to <br />different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. After this automated <br />computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of ten winners in the FIRST category for the THIRD prize. </strong></div><div><strong>Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be <br />transferred to you upon meeting the requirements, statutory obligations, <br />verifications,validations and satisfactory report.</strong></div><div><strong>Fill in the information below and send it to the Lottery Fiduciary agent with the following email address.</strong><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Name:Terry Waters<br />E-mail Address: </strong></font><a rel="nofollow"><font color="#0000ff"><u><strong><span id="lw_1183882485_2" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%"><span id="lw_1183886988_0" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%"><span id="lw_1184010727_0">watersonlinedep@yahoo.co.uk</span></span></span></strong></u></font></a></div><div> </div><div><strong>1.First Name:<br />2.Last Name:<br />3.Your Ref:<br />4.Address:<br />5.Country:</strong></div><div><strong>6.Telephone:<br />7.Occupation:<br />8.Age:</strong></div><div><br /><strong>Congratulations.</strong></div><div> </div><div><strong>Mr. Andy Hengle</strong></div><div></div><div><strong><u>Online Co-ordinator.</u></strong></div><div><strong><u>The <span id="lw_1184010727_1" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; HEIGHT: 1em"><span id="lw_1184014277_0" style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; HEIGHT: 1em"><span id="lw_1185240663_0" style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; HEIGHT: 1em">UK</span></span></span> Online Lottery</u></strong></div></font></td><td width="9"><strong><img height="1" src="http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/i/s.gif" width="9" /></strong></td><td width="2" bgcolor="#000099"></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" colspan="5"><strong><img src="http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/i/clickthru/privacypolicy/htmlemail_privacy_bottom.gif" /></strong></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" height="30"><strong><img height="30" src="http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/i/s.gif" width="1" /></strong></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="553" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="2"></td><td width="10"><strong><img height="1" src="http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/i/s.gif" width="10" /></strong></td><td class="normal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt" width="530"><font face="Verdana" color="#000000" size="1"><br /><strong>Players must be 16 or over. Terms and Conditions, Games Rules and Procedures apply. <br /><br />Camelot Group plc Registered Office: Tolpits Lane, </strong><span id="lw_1178237451_4" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; HEIGHT: 1em"><strong><span id="lw_1183882485_4" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; HEIGHT: 1em"><span id="lw_1183886988_1" style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; HEIGHT: 1em"><span id="lw_1184010727_2" style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; HEIGHT: 1em"><span id="lw_1184014277_1" style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; HEIGHT: 1em"><span id="lw_1185240663_1" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; HEIGHT: 1em">Watford, Herts, WD18 9RN</span></span></span></span></span></strong></span><strong> <br />Registered in England and </strong><span id="lw_1178237451_5" style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; HEIGHT: 1em"><strong><span id="lw_1183882485_5" style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; HEIGHT: 1em"><span id="lw_1183886988_2" style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; HEIGHT: 1em"><span id="lw_1184010727_3" style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; HEIGHT: 1em"><span id="lw_1184014277_2" style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; HEIGHT: 1em"><span id="lw_1185240663_2" style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; HEIGHT: 1em">Wales</span></span></span></span></span></strong></span><strong> No. 2822203</strong></font></td></tr></tbody></table></p></div></div></div><!-- toctype = X-unknown --><!-- toctype = text --><!-- text -->

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