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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 MILLIONS LOTTERY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <paymentprocessing@gala.net>
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 21:35:04 -0300
Subject: RE: RESULT NOTIFICATION.

UK MILLIONS LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL PROMTION/ PREIC
REF: FLI-OP/2811-FM10431/0253
BATCH: HPYW/71/731/UJNL


Dear Sir/Madam,
This is to notify you that your email address has won 1,000,000.00GBP
in the UK Millions Lottery.It is a random computerized
selection with Raffle no: 56475600545 188 Serial No:5388/02
Winning Number: 05-11-13-17-44-48-(25) Draw (#1055)
To file claims, Contact your claims Agent
James Raley

Payment Processing Dept
Fax: 44-7024086588
Tel:(011) 44 703 195 6282
paymentprocessing@gala.net

Note that all winning must be claimed not later than 20th May 2010.
Mary Sullivan

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