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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: henry schmidt <primelotteryonline_sweepstakes@web.de>
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2006 04:27:16 +0100
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION.


Lottery Headquarters,
The Marina Offices,
St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HX
England. Customer Service
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369 WINNING NOTIFICATION: We happily announce to you the draw (#83) of the PRIME LOTTERYONLINE SWEEPSTAKES held on saturday, 29th of october, 2006 in NEWCASTLE, UNITED-KINGDOM. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 564 - 75600545 - 188 with Serial number 5368 - 02 drew the winning numbers: 08 - 12 - 19 - 31 - 50 - [ 06 - 07] Lucky stars.which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$1,500,000.00 ( One Million five hundred thousand United States Dollars), in cash, credited to file KTU/9023118308/05. This is from a total cash prize of US $15 Million dollars, shared amongst the first Ten(10) lucky winners in this category. All participants for this online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning numbers fall within our European booklet representative office in Europe, in view of this, your US$1,500,000.00 ( One Million five hundred thousand United States Dollars) will be released to you by our payment office in Europe. Our UK agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned!!! To file for your claim, contact our fiduciary agent: KURT McKENZIEEmail: kurt_kenzie@yahoo.com [http://us.f551.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=kurt_kenzie@yahoo.com] with your claims verification form/information below: FULL NAMES:................................................................... CONTACT ADDRESS:............................................................ CITY:.................................................................................. STATE:............................................................................... COUNTRY:........................................................................ ZIPCODE:.......................................................................... NATIONALITY:................................................................ SEX:...................................... AGE:............................................ MARITAL STATUS.................................................................. TEL NO:............................................................................. EMAIL ADDRESS:................................................................. OCCUPATION:................................................................
AMOUNT WON:..................................................................... REFERENCE NO:................... BATCH NO:............................ SERIAL NO:....................... LOTTERY DATE:........................ Congratulations once again from all members and staff of this program. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery programs. Yours faithfully,
Online coordinator PRIME LOTTERYSweepstakes International Program. CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and prohibited from unauthorized disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.

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