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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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Fraud email example:

From: james petterson <drjames@mbox.com.au>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:35:18 +0100
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION









UNIVERSAL TRUST WORLDWIDE LOTTERY.
138 EDWARD STREET, 4TH FLOOR
BARINOR BUILDING
johannesburg, south africa.
Ref: EAASL/941OYI/02
Batch: 12/25/DC34
Date: 13-09-04
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro - Afro
Asian Sweepstake
International programs held on the 1st of September 2004 in
cairo
Egypt. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 564
75600545 188
with Serial number 5388/02 drew the lucky numbers:
31-6-26-13-35-7,
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.
You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
US$2,500,000.00 (Two
million, five hundred Thousand,United States Dollars) in
cash credited
to file PC/9080118308/02. This is from a total cash prize
of US $ 25
Million dollars, shared amongst the first Fifty (50) lucky
winners in
this category. Please note that your lucky winning number
falls wit hin
our European booklet representative office in Europe as
indicated in
your play coupon. In view of this, your US$2,500,000.00
(Two million,
five hundred thousand,United States Dollars) would be
released to you
by our security firm in Europe. Our European agent will
immediately
commence the process to facilitate the release of your
funds as soon
as you contact him. All participants
were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through
computer draw
system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.
This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons,
you are
advised to keep your winning information confidential till
your claims
is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever
manner you
deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our
precautionary
measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of
this
program by some unscrupulous elements.
To file for your claim,
please contact our fiduciary agent:
Dr Kelly Moore.
Email: kellymoore2004@mail.com
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote
your
reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with
us or our designated agent. Congratulations once more from
all members
and staffs of this program. Thank you for being part of our
promotional
lottery program.
Sincerely,
SIR H.J.PONFA
UNIVERSAL TRUST WORLDWIDE LOTTERY Coordinator.
EMAIL: kellymoore2004@mail.com








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