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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447023057056 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- davidadams2@tsamail.co.za (Tsamail, South Africa; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- to me through this mail address for more information: davidadams2@tsamail.co.za or headofficelotto@katamail.com winning notification: (Tsamail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- headofficelotto@katamail.com (Katamail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: <loto.loto6@virgilio.it>
Reply-To: drmeyer44@katamail.com
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 08:08:48 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
Subject: National Lottery Headquarters:

National Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service
an Affiliate of
watergate inc.
28 Tanfield Road,
Croydon. London
Ref: EAASL/731OYI/02
Batch: 9/05/DY41

You can as well reply to me through this mail address
for more information: davidadams2@tsamail.co.za or
headofficelotto@katamail.com

WINNING
NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw of the National
Sweepstake
Lottery International programs held on the 13th of Dec 2005
in
London.Your Name and e-mail address attached to ticket number: 664
74480545446 with Serial number 6867/02 drew the lucky umbers:
77-6-16-
13-35-9,which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd
category.You
are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of Â£5,000.000( Five
Million Pound) in cash credited to file KPC/5080118401/02.This is from
a total cash prize of Â£75 Million pound.

Please note that your lucky
winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office
in Europe as indicated in our play
coupon.In view of this, your Â£5000000
( Five Million
Pound) would be released to you by our affiliate bank in
London.Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with 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 claimyour prize. This is a part of our precautionary measure to
avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
unscrupulous elements.

Please be warned.To file for your claim, please
contact The Officer
incharges with the below details for processing of
your claims.
OFFICER: DR GERALD MEYER,FINANCIAL DIRECTOR

EMAIL:
drmeyer@katamail.com
Direct phone number: +447023057056

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,

David Adams.
EURO-ASIAN Zonal Coordinator

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