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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: Guy Roger <info.lottocoordinator@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:55:29 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Acknowledgement


MICROSOFT U-K ONLINE LOTTERY.





FROM THE COORDINATOR,
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
THE EMAIL LOTTO, UK.
Dear Prize Winner,

This is to acknowledge the receipt of your mail and to inform you that my duties include representing your interest and guiding you through claiming your winning cash prize. We want to clarify you here that after a good scrutiny of your batch number G5/B212-8 and reference number ELMUK/7899/8604/07HFS, we are glad to inform you that once you are the rightful owner of this email address, you are one of the winners but in case you are not, please do not respond anymore. The Email Lotto of the United Kingdom has been on for more than a decade now we have changed the lives of many since then. Your life is about to be changed, as you are one of the lucky Winners of our annual Microsoft sponsored Year bonus promotional draws Jackpot. Your winning cash prize of £250,000 (two hundred and fifty thousand GB Pounds), which is will be paid to you soon. Please note that i can read and understand your English.

Provide me with all your information as listed below because they are vital and would be instrumental to your payment:

1.Name: ............................
2.Address: ......................
3.Marital Status: ..................
4.Occupation: ...................
5.Age: .............................
6.Sex: ..........................
7.Nationality: .....................
8Country Of Residence: ............
9.Telephone Number: ...............
10Mobile Number: ..................
11.Fax Number: ...................
12.Email Address: ..................

That way your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant documents/paperwork can be prepared in your favor and subsequently sent to you. You would be required to show an instrument of identification when cashing your cash prize i.e. Drivers license or International passport.


You should try and keep your winning confidential by ensuring that you do not discuss it with anybody until you have your cash prize with you so as to avoid impersonators from making claims to your cash prize as we have experienced severally in the past. You are hereby being warned and notified that Email Lotto will not accept responsibility to any of such mistake from you. Be informed that our verification department will use the requested personal information for official Purposes. Once this is done, your Winning Certificate Will be prepared and sent to you along with instructions on how to proceed.

Congratulations and have a wonderful week. Reply me to acknowledge the receipt of this e-mail immediately to able me to process your claim. Please feel free to call me on the phone number written below: Call within 7:30am-9:00pm GMT.

THE COORDINATOR
MR GUY ROGER
Email-Lotto
PO Box 1010
Liverpool
L70 1NL
Tel: +44-(0)7011131267
+44-(0)7045728763
Email: info.lottocoordinator@yahoo.co.uk


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