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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: "Winning Notification" <WEBDNXIEV401@prodigy.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:22:27 -0800
Subject: Wining notification

The National Lottery
REF NUMBER: EAASL/9410Y1/02
BATCH NUMBER: 561701-PCD03
1 QUEENS PARK ROAD
K2M 4RT
LONDON,
UNITED KINGDOM

ATTENTION

This is the official result of the UK 2007 LOTTERY
PROGRAM.
held on 16th february 2007
Your e-mail address drew the winning lucky
numbers:04
05, 16, 19, 21, 49 & 20. You have therefore been
approved to claim a
total
sum of £516,778 (Five hundred and Sixteen
thousand,seven hundred and seventy eight pounds
sterling) in cash
credited......To
file for your claim please kindly provide the
following informations
and send it to our Fiduciary Agent who shall clear you
as a winner.(1)FULL NAMES (2)DATE OF BIRTH
(3)SEX (4)MARITAL STATUS(5)CONTACT ADDRESS (6)PHONE
NUMBERS
(7)OCCUPATION, contact our claims agent below.
Mrs .Debby Morgan

agentdebbymorgans@yahoo.co.uk


Yours faithfully,
Steven Burtler
ONLINE SUPERVISOR
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
YOU HAVE WON::::CONGRATULATIONS



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