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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: "INFORMATION DEPARTMENT" <thunderball_lottery_anouncer9@msn.com>
Reply-To: consultant_officer@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:44:52 +0000
Subject: YOU ARE A THUNDERBALL LOTTERY WINNER

Thunderball
 
 
The THUNDERBALL 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 that you are a
winner of the draw (#513) of the THUNDER BALL
EMAIL LOTTERY, online SweepstakesInternational
program held at 10.37pm GMT on Wednesday 11th January 2006 Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number: 56475600545 188 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky Jacpot Winning
numbers: 1-11-18-25-33 match 8 + Thunderball
which subsequently won you the lottery in
the 1st Category i.e match 8 + Thunderball which
means you are a JACKPOT WINNER.

You have therefore been approved to claim a
total sumof £250,000.00 (Two Hundred and Fifty
thousand pounds sterling)  in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03.All participants for the online version
were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through
computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000 unions, associations,and corporate
bodies that are listed online.

This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that
your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in England as indicated
in your play coupon. In view ofthis, your £250,000.00
(Two Hundred and Fifty thousand pounds sterling)
would be releasedto you by any of our affiliated
security/courier companies in England. Our Fiduciary
agent 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 yourprize. This is part of
our precautionary measure to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.
Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our
uk online fiduciary agent:Mr;Tommy Matthew with your full name Winning Number and
drawnumber(i.e #513) Email:

( consultantofficers1@yahoo.co.uk
)

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the THUNDERBALL
ONLINE LOTTERY.
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