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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: national lottery national lottery <department_customer_services_uk@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 14:40:53 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: GET BACK TO US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE


Dear Winner,

We appreciate your effort in replying back to the department for the winning.If you read the mail sent to you for the notification of your winning,it is specified that all participants for the online version were selected randomly World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100 000 unions associations and corporate bodies that are listed on line.

This promotion takes place weekly all over europe,and it is unfortunate the your e-mail address came up as the winner of this our great free uk national lottery.

The form sent to you from the UK NATIONAL BOARD OF LOTTERY was not filled,you are to filled the form for the necessary transfer of you funds to your designated account in any country of your choice,we therefor insist that you fill the form,get back to us as soon as possible and contact the bank(transfer_onlineservice@enfieldcounty-bankplc.com )for the transfer of your winning funds with immediate effect.

Get back to us as soon as you filled the form that you are to send to the the bank.Once more congratulation.

Best Regard
The Department


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