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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: "Kimeberly Dulle" <kdulle10@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: uknl_martinbrown@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:13:40 -0600
Subject: UK NATIONAL GAMING BOARD

NATIONAL LOTTERY,
ONLINE SWEEPSTAKES
Claims Department
12 Bridge Street,
Staines Middlesex TW18 4TP
United Kingdom.
Phone:+447011148083
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/04
Batch: R3/A312-59
 
                            WINNING NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement today there  winners of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE PROMO
PROGRAMME, held  Today  13  friday 2007.Your ticket number
023-1111-790-458 attached to your email address, with serial number
5073-12 drew the lucky numbers 05-11-12-16-17-45-42(bonus no.42),this lucky
number subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category. You have
therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £643,206( six Hundred And
Fourty Three thousand Two Hundred And Six pounds sterling) in cash credited
to file KTU/9023118308/03.
 
All participants of this online promotion programme were selected
randomly from numerous World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and
extracted from close to 125,000 unions, associations and corporate
bodies listed online. This promotion takes place Quarterly.
 
To file for your claim, please contact our fudiciary agent
Mr Martin Brown.
Email:
uknl_martinbrown@yahoo.co.uk
Phone Number:(+44)-701-1148-083
 
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours Truly,
Mrs Kimberly Dulle
Co-ordinator(Online Promo Programme).
   

 


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