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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: "freelotto" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <officefreelotto2@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:35:27 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS:
P O Box 1010 The Marina Offices,
St Peters Yacht Basin

ATTENTION: WINNER
This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of
£1,500,000GBP (one million Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds)
held on the 10th of April 2010 in London UK.The Selection was carried
out through a Computer Random
Selection System and your email address came out as one of the Three
Lucky Winners.

Contact our fiduciary agent for claims with:
Agents Name: Mr.Brown Smith
Email : officefreelotto2@gmail.com
phone : +44 7024086089

Winning Parameters:
TICKET NO: 8603775966738 ,REF NO: UK 200-26937 ,BATCH NO: 2007MJL-01

Fill the below:
Name,Address,Marital Status,Occupation,age,sex,nationality,country of
residence,telephone number
Congratulation!!
Sincerely,
Mrs.Elizabeth James.
U.K ONLINE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL






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