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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: "Mrs Elizabeth Johnson" <mrs_elizabethj@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: office_payment22@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 11:26:01 +0000
Subject: WINNER NOTIFICATION.

FROM: MRS ELIZABETH JOHNSON.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
ENGLISH PREMIER LOTTERY, UK.
E-MAIL: office_payment22@yahoo.com

Congratulations Category A prizewinner! You have! Been
selected as one of five winners of the English Premier
Lottery UK computer ballot draws and thus will be a
privileged recipient of the grand draw prize of 2,000,000
(Two million Great Britain Pounds only).
Your funds have been deposited and insured with a security
company in your names, upon receipt and satisfactory
approved of your winning, our fiduciary agent/prize process
agent will forward payment authorization letter to the
security company to release your money in cash. Winning
File Reference number for your prize is WWPL/UK/ 61-812087;
tick! et number 003-214-39/A.
Draw Serial No: 35/75! 1346
Batch No: 06-A852
Zonal Draw No: A2-003
Grand Draw No: 12099

We in the ENGLISH PREMIER LOTTERY, UK is by this program,
launching our model computer balloting lottery draws,
developed and designed to satisfy the cravings of the ever
growing number of participants in our various lottery
programs. With funds accrued exclusively from previous
Draws, payouts to all winners are guaranteed and will be
transferred in record time.
After randomly selecting 15,000 participants from an
initial database of 300,000 emails and zoning all
participants by their respective continents from across the
globe, we produced an extensive list from which you have
emerged as one of the winners of the Grand Draw prize.
To ensure a smooth collection of your winnings, you are to
contact through my email address:
office_payment22@yahoo.com for the email address of! our
fiduciary agent/prize claim agent's ema! il and within a week
of receiving this notice. He will direct you o n how to
obtain your winnings.

You are seriously advised to keep all winning lottery
information and numbers from the public in line with our
company security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse! of this program by unscrupulous
individuals.

Please direct all further correspondences and queries to
your Respective category Prize Transfer handlers.
Congratulations once again from the English Premier Lottery
Family.

Yours in service,
Elizabeth Johnson
International Promotions Manager
ENGLISH PREMIER LOTTERY, UK

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