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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: "info_webofficer@terra.es" <info_webofficer@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:53:53 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Congratulation""""you have won



The United Kingdom National Lottery wishes to inform you that the results o=
f the E-mail address ballot New year lottery international program by Great=
Britain held on the 1st March, 2007. Your email account have been picked a=
s a winner of a lump sum pay out of Eight hundred and ninty-one thousand, n=
ine hundred and thirty-four Great Britain pounds=20
(=C2=A3891,934.00 pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file REF NO. REF:UK=
L/74-A0802742007. This is from total prize money of GBP =C2=A34,459,670.00 =
shared among the FIVE (5) international winners in this category. To begin =
your claim, please contact your claims agent:
Mr Fred Martin.
Tel: +447031954125
Fax; +448704793201
Email: fiduciaryoffice1.fredmartin@yahoo.co.uk
Sincerely,
Mrs. Dianne Thompson
Online Coordinator,
CAMELOT GROUP,
Operator of The National Lottery.
N.B. Be advice to keep your winning information confidential until your cla=
ims has b een processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our=
security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this p=
rogram.





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