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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 Metropolitan Finance Lottery" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jeff.mmj1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 08:10:50 -0700
Subject: ****Congratulations your email ID Has Wonm UK Lottery***

UK-ONLINE LOTTERY NOTIFICATION
DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD
DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS: BRIDGE 1 MILL, 292A WALE STREET
MANCHESTER M4 7HR, ENGLAND


AWARD NOTIFICATION

Southern Metropolitan Royal Finance Lottery of British International Lottery Program wishes to inform you the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery program held by the British International Lottery Program on 3rd Mayl, 2011. Your Email account was selected as a winner of Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds Only. (£550,000.00)
This result is now made available to you and your email address attached to Reference # YMT/899001/7 and Batch # 69/40712/5UK in the Category A bonus ball 07, 19, 26, 31, 40, 46, and bonus ball 50. Participants in the draws were randomly selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 e-mail addresses of Individuals/Companies from Europe, Africa, Americas, Asia, Australia, Canada, Middle East, and New Zealand as part of our electronic business Promotions Program. We advice that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. For the release of your winnings; kindly contact your claims agent with the following details to expedite the processing of your prize winning.

1. Y our Full Names
2. Your Home Address
3. Your Telephone and Fax Numbers
4. Your Date of Birth
5. Your Sex/Marital Status
6. Your Occupation
7. Your Nationality
8. Amount you won
9. Send your reference and batch numbers for verification.

To begin your Claim, please contact our Claims Agents Immediately with the
Following Information:
NAME: Jeff Morgan
TELEPHONE NUMBER: +44 754 487 1190
EMAIL: jeff.mmj1@yahoo.co.uk

All winning must be claimed not later than 14 days from the date of receipt of this email. After this date all prize winning will treated as Unclaimed. Note in order to avoid unnecessary delays; remember to quote your Reference and Batch numbers.
Congratulations once again from all our members of staff and thank you for being part of our special quarterly promotional Lottery program.


Yours Sincerely,
MRS RITA WILLIAMS
(Information and Promotion Manager)

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