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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: "kenedy more" <kenmoremore@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: kenmoremore@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 18:03:29 +0100
Subject: congratulation



National Lottery
P O Liverpool, L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X/05
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#978) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on 13th January,2007.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 5647560054 188 with Serial
number 5368/02 jack pot lotto winners drew the lucky numbers(-07 10 17 28 29
36-)"bonus no 35. which subsequently won" you the lottery in the 2nd
category i.e. match 5 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim
a total sum of ?,500,000.00 (Four million, five hundred thousand pound
sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03 in a total sum of
?8,000,000 (eighteen million pounds sterling's) lotto jackpot shared amongst
the first four (4) lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 5 plus! Bonus
with percentage 29.9% .

All participants for the 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
number falls within our London booklet representative office in Londonas
indicated in your play coupon.

In view of this, your ?,500,000.00 (Four million,five hundred
thousand pound sterling) would be released to you by any of our
internatioanl payment offices in Korea south.Our fiduciary agent will
immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as
soon as you contact her.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your
money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

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,
please contact our fiduciaryagent:

Mrs Kim Sook Lee
Email: claim_at_solekim@yahoo.com
CONGRATULATIONS from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
David Carragher
Online coordinator for UKNATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program
NATIONAL LOTTERY

Past winners round the world full of excitment

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