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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: Lottery UK International <Lotteryukint06@yahoo.com.mx>
Reply-To: paycenteroffice@aim.com
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 03:35:48 -0700
Subject: Congratulations !! Confirm if this is your email address


Dear Lucky Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the winners of the Lottery
UK International programme held on the 28th August 2006, Your email
address was attached to Ticket No: 99/bnk/433, Reference Number:608,ZX,11,664/UK
which drew lucky numbers-03,18,31,33,38,48 and serial number 018/289/06,
whichconsequently won in the 3rd category. You have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay of £1,500,000.00 GPB(One million and five hundred
thousand Great Britain Pounds sterling) in cash credit.This is from a total cash
prize of £15,000,000.00 GBP (fifteen million pounds)shared among the ten(10)
international winners in this category.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your
winning information confidential until your claims have been processed
and your winning remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol
to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
unlucky participants .
All participants were selected through a electronic computer ballot system
drawn from over 20,000 thousand companies and 30,000,000 million individual
email addresses and names from all Asia, Africa, Europe, North and South
America and the Oceania. This promotional programme takes place once every
year, after the yearly national lotto have made their profit from the previous
year's national draws .
To file for your winning please contact our lottery payment center fiduciary
agent Mr.David Brimley, at (paycenteroffice@aim.com)
All correspondence should be directed to this payment center. Remember
all winning must be claimed not later than 2 weeks from this notice
as unclaimed funds will be included in the next year's stake. Please note
in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember
to quote your winning information in all correspondence to the pay
center office
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do not hesitate to
inform the pay center office agent as soon as possible. Congratulations
from our members of staff, and thank you for been part of our
promotional lucky program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically
disqualified.*************** DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS MAIL.KINDLY CONTACT
YOUR SPECIFIED AGENT FOR YOUR WINNINGS.***************

Sincerely yours,
Sharon Smith
Lotto Co-ordinator
Lottery UK International
http://www.luki.co.uk.tt/

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