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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: Paul Lammar <paullammar6@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:56:32 +0000
Subject: << NOTIFICATION FROM UK NATIONAL LOTTERY>>




ONLINE NOTIFICATION UNIT.UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.51 CONWAY ROAD COLWYN BAY LL29 7AW UNITED KINGDOM.

REF No: UKL/478593G9/19BATCH No: 074/05/ZY369TICKET No: 112-4540-525-106SERIAL No: S/N-00168lucky Numbers: 19-37-06-13-29Website:http://www.lottery.co.uk Results:http://www.lottery.co.uk/res/


Congratulations,This is to inform you that your e-mail have beenselected as a winner for a cash prize of£715,000.00(Seven Hundred and Fifteen Thousand Great Britain Pounds)
on our ONLINE SWEEPSTAKES PROMOTION program
which was held 25th of July, 2007 in London, UnitedKingdom.The online draws was conducted by a randomselection of email addresses from an exclusive list of50,000 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporatebodies picked by an advanced automated random computersearch from the internet .Your e-mail address attachedto ticket number: 112-4540-525-106 with SERIAL No:S/N-00168 drew the lucky Numbers: 3-18-21-24-36-38 (20 Bonus Ball), anda BATCH No: 074/05/ZY369 which subsequently won youthe lottery in the second category.To file your claim, do contact our fiduciaryagent/Lawyer assigned to your file via email as givenin the contact details below ;

Providing your :
Full NameAge
Telephone Number
Country of Residence Reference Number (UKL/478593G9/19)
Winning Email Address

to commence the process of releasing your cash prize. INDICATEPREFERRED MODE OF PRIZE COLLECTION:
(A) COURIER DELIVERY
(B) PICK UP
(C) BANK TRANSFER


Congratulations once more from all members and staffsof this program. Thank you for being a part of thisonline lottery promotion.

Martin Kurreinhttp://www.mkurrein.co.uk/TEL:+447011128555TEL:+447024069989Fax : +44-870-131-3431EMAIL:m_kurrein000@yahoo.co.uk

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Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.


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