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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: "Striker Million" <sn.million41@rediffmail.com>
Date: 23 Jun 2007 08:42:02 -0000
Subject: SKM/7405/66/12


STRIKER- MILLION&nbsp; PROMOTIONMonmouth House40 Artillery Lane London E17LS.&nbsp;CONGRATULATIONS WINNING NOTIFICATIONWe are pleased to inform you of the result of the online cyber lotto Draws of the Striker million Lotto Draws.The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000 e-mail addresses! of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automate d random computer search from the internet. No tickets were sold.After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of&nbsp; ten winners in the category \"A\" with the following particulars:&nbsp;(i) Winning numbers: 09-45-22-97-17-61(ii) Email code number: SKM/7405/66/12(iii) Lotto ref number: LOTTO/333/wsxxzThis year Striker million lotto is the largest ever for British Lottery and the rest of the world, The estimated 225 Striker million lottery would be the sixth-biggest in U.K,Amsterdan and Africa&nbsp; history.The biggest was the 363 million pounds sterlings lottery wins that went to two winners in a May 2000 drawing of The&nbsp; Striker million predecessor. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European,Amsterdam and Africa booklet representative office in their various claim center as indicated in our lottery . In view of this, your £2,000,000.00(Two Million British Pounds Sterlings)would be released to you by our affiliate bank in UK,Amsterdam and Africa Payment Center.&nbsp;Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with her.Hence you are eligible for the prize of Two&nbsp; Million Pound Sterling. Please contact the under listed Fiduciary Coordinator as soon as possible for processing of your claim:&nbsp;Mrs. Maureen Jefferson&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Payment Coordinator.Email:paymentclearing_unit@yahoo.co.uk&nbsp;To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your Email code number: SKM/7405/66/12&nbsp; as the subject of your email. You are required to&nbsp; keep this award to yourself, especially your Particulars, until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you.&nbsp;CONGRATULATIONS!!!Sincerely,Richard DeveyPromotion ManagerSTRIKER MILLION&nbsp;Copyright © 1994-2007 The British National Lottery Inc

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