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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: "derby lotto" <derbylotto95@msn.com>
Reply-To: derby_lotto@ozu.es
Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2005 09:08:42 +0000
Subject: Prize Winner

DERBYLOTTO GROUP INTERNATIONAL
UK OFFICE
SUITE 23-30,LION TOWERS
CENTRAL LONDON
ENGLAND
www.freelotto.com

Dear Winner,

On the behalf of DERBYLOTTO GROUP INTERNATIONAL OF UNITED KINGDOM, I wish to
announce you as
one of the 10 lucky winners in the FreeLotto draw held on the 22nd June
2005. All 10 winning
addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000
international emails.Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as a 2nd
category winner
in this year's Annual FreeLotto Draw.
Consequently,you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
£1,500,000 (One million
five hundred thousand GBP only).

The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:
(i) Winning numbers: 37-13-43-85-67-11
(ii) Email ticket number: FL754/22/76
(iii) Lotto code number: FL09622UK
(iv) The file Ref number: FL/04/736207152/UK
Note that the DERBYLOTTO GROUP INTERNATIONAL will remit prize payout to only
winners who
officially file in for their prize
claims. You are to choose one out of the listed option by which you want
your prize remitted
to you:
(1) A certified Cheque will be issued in your name and couriered to your
resident address.
(2) Traveling to our office in London for personal collection of winning
prize.
Please contact the underlisted claims officer as soon as possible for the
immediate release
of your winnings:
PRINCIPAL CONSULT
14 BRIDGE ROAD
STOKESLEY
MIDDLESBOROUGH
CLEVELAND
TS9 5AA
UNITED KINGDOM
EMAIL: derby_lotto@ozu.es

Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Sincerely,
GROUP PRESIDENT - DLG
This email notification is auto-generated its contents are valid for only
two weeks and it
is unmonitored so do not reply.
************************************************************************************
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organized to
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say that over 200
Million Euros are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide. We also
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