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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?amani=20jomes?= <amanij2@yahoo.no>
Reply-To: joness2000@gawab.com
Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 18:02:56 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Congratulation!!!


Jeg har ny e-postadresse!Nå kan du sende meg e-post på: amanij2@yahoo.no

Uk Lottery Headquarters:

Customer Service

28 TANFIELD ROAD,

CROYDON.LONDON-UK





FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of the Uk Lottery International programs held on the in London.



Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 708 44211036-322 with serial number 4677/06 drew the lucky numbers: 51-7-33-16-22-9,which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.



You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$1,000,000.00 (One million United States Dollars) in cash credited to file RPC/9080118308/06 made available from a total cash prize of US $10 Million dollars, shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.



All participants were selected randomly from world wide web sites through a computer drawn system and extracted from over 100,000 companies. This promotion takes place annually.



Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon. In view of this, your US$1,000,000.00 (One million United States Dollars) would be released to you by our affiliate bank or Courier Service Company in London as soon as you

establish contact.



WINNING LUCKY: NUMBER-09878490.

REF/UK/24251030239/06

BATCH/332/06/EG754631

SECURITY CODE: W-91238-H°67/E5



please contact the claims department urgently by Phone or e-mail for comfirmation, please quote your winning number, Ref, batch and security number. Should there be any change in your address, do inform your claims department as soon as possible.





Claims Department


AGENT: DR.ziko bulock



Email: bziko2222@yahoo.co.uk





This is an irish woman who won:-

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4730113.stm



To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent. Congratulations once more.


Yours Faithfully,

MR.Jones Amani

Zonal Co-ordinator.




- amani jomes


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