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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: "Serah Atkinson" <gitadanupranata@umy.ac.id>
Reply-To: paul.berman.vgvc@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 06:19:45 +0700 (WIT)
Subject:




UK LOTTO WORLDWIDE HEADQUARTERS
3 OLYMPIC WAYS, NORTH LANARKSHIRE,
NL RA. UNITED KINGDOM.

DEAR SIR/MADAM
NOTICE OF CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING

This email confirms that you have been notified by the UK Lotto Worldwide
e-mail Online draw Promotion, drawn on saturday the 29th May, 2010.

We wish to congratulate you on the selection of your e-mail coupon number
which was selected among the eight (8) lucky consolation prize winners in
this category. This promotion takes place weekly.

Your email address identified with ticket number: 56475600545 188, Serial
number: 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 8, 9, 16, 20, 26, 37 (bonus no)
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd categorys. You have been
approved to claim a total sum of £450,000.00 (Four hundred and fifty
thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file no KIT/9023118308/06.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly by
electronic ballot selection system extracted from over 100,000 e-mail
addresses that are listed online and zoning all participants by their
respective continents from across the globe. Your email address included
among the 100,000 different emails addresses that where submitted by our
partner international email provider companies.

You are advised to keep all your winning information confidential, any
exposure of wining information by direct/indirect will be disqualified. To
avoid unnecessary delay and complications always remember to quote your
serial number in all correspondence.

To file for your claim, write to the Payment center (international
remittance unit). See contact person and email address below:

Contact Person: Mr. Paul Berman
CLAIM MANAGER EMAIL: ((paul.berman.vgvc@hotmail.com)
Tel:+447045759110
Fax:+448704712810


Congratulations from me and staff of the UK Lotto Worldwide Promotion.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Serah Atkinson
(coordinator)
Mr. Sudhir Devappa
(Asst coordinator)
For: UK LOTTO WORLDWIDE.
You must be 16 or over to claim a prize

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