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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: "felix james" <superjjfelix88@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jjfelix88@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:15:26 -0800
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION(THIS IS NOT A JUNK MAIL)

UK LOTTO LOTTERY INC.
Date: 02/11/2006
Ref: 4758961725
Batch: ALLINC 70564943902/188
Winning no: FGNGB2701/LPRC
CONGRATULATIONS ....................
  
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the  
2ND Of NOVEMBER- 2006 from the UK International Lottery programme.
Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their
e-mail addresses .
Your email was attached to ticket number;
47061725 07056490902 serial number 7741137002
This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 7-14-43-47-32 bonus number
25,which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You hereby
have been approved a lump sum pay of 100,000 Pounds in cash credit
from the total cash prize of
800,000 Pounds shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category.
All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn
from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United
States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, (Africa office)and Oceania as
part of our international
promotions program which is conducted annually.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base.
Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our European
representative office in Manchester,England, as indicated in your
play coupon and your prize of
100,000 Pounds will be released to you from this regional branch office
in Manchester.
We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year
high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
Simply contact our Fuducial agent, DR FELIX JAMES, at
jjfelix88@yahoo.com 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 programme by
non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note, all winnings MUST be claimed by the  20TH OF November - 2006
otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to
charity.
Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
Best Regards
Carol Smith(co-ordinator)
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS
AGENT:jjfelix88@yahoo.com
BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO
DISQUALIFICATION.
  
General Enquiries
  
Street Address:
UK LOTTERY LOTTO HOUSE
265 Randle Drive,
South West,74362w
Manchester
England.
Tel:+447024054012
(Mondays-Fridays 9am-5am)
Contact by email:uklottery_cash@yahoo.com
Claiming A Prize:
  
AFRICAN AGENT OFFICE.
DEPARTMENT:
Email:jjfelix88@yahoo.com
Tel:234-80-55202749
                                              DR FELIX JAMES.
                                             FUDICIAL AGENT.
  
                                  UK LOTTO LOTTERY SUPERDRAWS!!!
    
                        National Economic Empowerment Development Strategy.


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