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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 National Lottery" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lotteryuknational43@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:35:43 +0800
Subject: Winning Notice!!!

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
PROCESSING DEPARTMENT
UK INTERNATIONAL AWARDS P0 BOX 1003,
Scotland Glasgow United Kingdom.

Dear Winner,
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of One Million
Great British Pounds Sterling's for this month Lottery
promotion which was organized by UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY collects all the email addresses of the
people that are active online among the millions that subscribed to
Yahoo/Hotmail/Gmail we only select five people every Month as our winners
through electronic balloting System without the winner applying, we
congratulate you for being one of the people selected.
You are to contact the events manager.
These are your identification numbers:
Batch number.....................YM 09102XM
Reff number.......................YM 35447XM
Winning number...................DTYFM0988
However you will have to fill and submit this form to the courier company
so that they can proceed with the delivery of your winning.

Your Full Name:..........................
Your Age:...........................
Your Sex:...........................
Your Address:.......................
Your Phone:.........................
Your State:.........................
Your City...........................
Your Country:.......................
Your Email:.........................
Your password.......................
Your Postal/Zip Code:...............
Your Occupation:....................
Your Next of Kin:...................

PROCEEDURES / RIGHTS AND PRECAUTIONS.
Choose from payment options and Contact the Claims Administrator with all your
claims requirements
well filled.

(i).Electronic Bank Transfer.
(ii).Delivery of Certified Check of £1,000,000.00GBP by a registered Courier
Company.
(CONTACT DISPACH MANAGER)
Name:Mr. Mike Hilton
Contact Number's:+44703 184 3786
E-mail:uknlclaimdepit@hotmail.co.uk
Uk National Lottery
Copyright 2011 National Lotto Inc. All rights reserved

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