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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: park chen <parkchen_1@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 10:23:44 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: YOUR EMAIL HAVE WON!!!




URBAN LOTTO INTERNATIONAL
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORIGANISATIONS
12 DAVID STREET, VICTRIA ISLAND,
LAGOS-NIGERIA

REF: 15/0018/1PD
BATCH: EGS/22504002/04
TICKET: 085-12876077-09
SERIAL: 51390-0
LUCKY: 03-05-12-14-38
CONGRATULATIONS!!

We are delighted to inform you of your prize which was released on the 29th of June 2006, from the URBAN LOTTO INTERNATIONAL, which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses from some sites. Your email address was attached to ticket number; 085-12876077-09 and serial number 51390-0. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 03-05-12-14-38 and Batch number EGS/22504002/04,which consequently won the lottery in the second category.

You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of US$400,000 (FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: 15/0018/1PD from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category. All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn form Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotion program which is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have an operational base. Furthermore, your details(e-mail address) falls within our European representative office in Amsterdam, Holland as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$400,000 will be released to you from this regional branch office in NIGERIA.

We hope that with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$ four hundred thousand dollars international draw. HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiducially agent, Mike Okoro to file for your claim .Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full name, address and telephone number to help locate your file easily. For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programmed by non-participants or unofficial personnel. Note, all winnings MUST be claimed by the 15th of July2006; otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity organisations.PLEASE CONTACT Mike Okoro, so that he will tell you of how you will receive your winning prize.

Name:mike okoro
Email:mikeokoro_12@myway.com
Congratulations once again on your win!!!
Best Regards (co-ordinator)
AG. DIRECTOR GENGERAL


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