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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: "Mr Jonathan Gibbs" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jonagibbs@info.al>
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 23:25:12 -0800
Subject: 2010 Winners Final Notification!!!

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY.
REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED KINGDOM DATA
PROTECTION ACT;

(Registration MLI8490-7642).

Ref: 639/898/002
Batch: 430456543-DD23

We happily announce to you the draw of Winners in the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY programs , Your email address attached to ticket number
:3456 with serial number :7576/06 drew the lucky number 4-2-274, which subsequently won you the lottery in the first category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of (1,000,000,00 Million Great British pounds sterling) in cash credited to file wlp/23456/05. This is from a total cash prize of 30,000,000 Million Great British pounds sterling,shared amongst the first thirty (30) lucky winners in this category. In view of this,your (1,000,000,00 Million Great British pounds sterling ) would be released to you by our redemption centers in United Kingdom.

All participants were selected randomly from World wide Website through computer ballot system extracted from over 1,000,000 companies and individuals.

To file your claims, please contact our agent:

Mr Jonathan Gibbs.
Email: jonagibbs@info.al
Tel: +44-702-407-3465

To avoid unnecessary delay and complications, Please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.

Congratulations once more from our members and staffs and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Sincerely,

Mr Jonathan Gibbs


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