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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?john=20coker?= <johncoker222@yahoo.com.sg>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 20:50:28 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!!!


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: johncoker222@yahoo.com.sg

Attn:

- UK-LOTTO ORGANIZATION Ticket Free/Online Winnings and Notification Department Online winnings dept. Ref Number: UK/9420X2/68 Batch Number: 074/05/ZY369 Telephone: +447024093465 WINNINGS NOTIFICATION OF US$4.2M We happily announce to you the draw of the Uk-Lotto Sweepstake Lottery International programs held in Bangkok-Thailand on the 22nd of May, 2006 . Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:07-12-23-26-29-44 which subsequently won you the lottery in the first category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £2,367,834(Two million, three hundred and sixty seven thousand, eight hundred and thirty four British Pounds sterling) which is approximately USD4.2m, from total cash prize of £23,678,340 was shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies. The World Golden Express Link has been given the Contract to deliver all our winners cheque to the address of the respective winners. World Golden express Link THAILAND COMPANY LTD Rachadaphisek Bangkok, Thailand. Contact Agent: MIKE SMITH (Director of Operations and Logistics) Email address: wrldgoldelinkexpress@excite.com Should you want your winning fund to be paid by cash/wired to your Bank account, Endevour to state this accordingly in your responce to the contact Agent MIKE SMITH for necessary attention. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your full names,telephone number, Age and occupation, Winnings numbers [such as batch,ref, serial and lucky winning number],your country and address where you want to receive your winnings cheque in your contact mail to MIKE SMITH Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program and thank you for being part of our promotional lottery programm. For safety measures and to avoid fruadulent claims you are adviced to keep all about your winnings information and notification confidential and away from all third parties till your check arrives your address. Congratulations once more from all the members and staffs of this program. Goodluck. JOHN COKER Online Co-ordinator/Notification Officer Sweepstakes International Program. Telephone:+447024093465.


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