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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: harrybush@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 15:27:54 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?WINNING=20NOTIFICATION=2E?=

The National Lottery

P O Box 1010 Liverpool,

L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM (Customer Services)

Ref: UK/9420X2/68

Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#147) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online
Sweepstakes International program held on SaturdayJanuary 8,2005. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02
drew the lucky numbers:05-10-13-14-28-42-48(bonus no.), which subsequently
won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 6 plus bonus. You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum £ 2,203,479 in cash credited
to file ktu/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £25 Million
pounds, shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.
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. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within
our European booklet representative office in Europe and america as indicated
in your play coupon. In view of this, your £2,203,479 british pounds would
be released to you by our payment office in europe and america Our agents
will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your
funds as soon as you contact him. 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 measures to avoid double claiming
and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please
be warned. To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent: MR
James Woods. Email:jameswoo_ds@excite.com To avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences
with us or our disgnated agent. Congratulations once more from all members
and staffs of this program. Thank you for being part of our promotional
lottery program. Sincerely, MR ADRIAN STEWALT (UK-LOTTO Co-ordinator





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