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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: MAUREEN JEFFERSON <payment_claims_unit@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:03:59 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re:SKM/7405/66/12


STRIKER MILLION PROMOTION
Monmouth House
40 Artillery Lane,London,E1 7LS

Dear Inglebert Kauf,
Good Day to you, I must congratulate you first on your lucky winnings of 2,000,000.00 GBP.You have been selected as our winner for the month of June.This lottery is a conjoined effort of Microsoft international and the United Nations under the auspices of STRIKER MILLION LOTTERY PROMOTIONS.This lottery is aimed at promoting world peace and the use of Internet across the world. Participants were drawn randomly from the Internet upon which a raffle draw was conducted and lucky winners emerged fortuitously. The payment process is simple and easy to complete.
To facilitate the swift procurement of your winning, you are to fill out the required details and return it within 24-72hrs to enable us open a payment file on your behalf.
Please do note that The lottery company, The British Lottery Board and The British Government entered an agreement on foreign winner of any Kind, regarding the prize is associate with Money, that the beneficiary must have to come to London to clear and sign the Hard copy of the British Tax clearance papers from the Inland revenue and Security Home.This is a policy that must be honoured.
We shall appoint an attorney from our company attorneys to stand for you to attest and legally clear all legitimate documents for the release of your money to you, this is in case you can not make it over, but we encourage all winners to come.
Below are the details for processing your payment
REQUIRED DETAILS.
FIRST NAME…………………………
LAST NAME…………………………
MARITAL STATUS…………………
AGE……………………………………
SEX……………………………………
COUNTRY……………………………
NATIONALITY………………………
OCCUPATION………………………
ADDRESS…………………………
TELEPHONE NO………………………
FAX NO………………………………
NEXT OF KIN………………………

Do have a nice day and congratulations once again, you are free to keep me informed on any thing not clear to your understanding so that you can have a safe and easy collection of your prize.
Good Luck.
Yours sincerely
Mrs. Maureen Jefferson

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