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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: Amanda Collins <amancoll4@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <eu_claimsoffices@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:20:38 +0000
Subject: NOTIFICATION LETTER!!!




THE E-LOTTERY COMPANYUNITED KINGDOM OFFICEHOUSE 2468 SIR MORGAN WRIGHT AVENUELONDON. E7 9LWUNITED KINGDOM.
Email Ticket Number: EL754/22/76Lottery Code Number: EL09622UKRef Number: EL/04/736207147/UK AWARD WINNING PRIZE NOTIFICATIONDear Winner, We happily announce to you the draw (#1 ) of the E-Lottery (International Electronic Draw) programmes held on the 12th of August 2007. Your email address, attached to ticket number EL754/22/76, with ref number EL/04/736207147/UK , and consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category. You have therefore been approved for a charity bonus of One Million Great British Pounds Sterling's i.e. (£1,000,000) in cash credited to file TICKET NO.EL754/22/76 and REF NO.EL/04/736207147/UK. This is from total prize money of £5,000,000 shared among the five international winners in this category. All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through international electronic draw system and extracted from over 125,600 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion to takes place yearly. In view of this, your One Million Great British Pounds Sterling's (£1,000,000) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in England. Our claims officer will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him or her. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.To file for your claims, please contact our claims officer:MR. JAMES BROWN
CLAIMS OFFICER
THE E-LOTTERY COMPANYUNITED KINGDOM OFFICEHOUSE 2468 SIR MORGAN WRIGHT AVENUELONDON. E7 9LWUNITED KINGDOM.Email: eu_claimsoffices@yahoo.co.uk
Tell: +447045744707
For processing and remittance of your cash to a designated account of your choice. Remember, all winnings must be claim not later than 14 working days, After this date, All unclaimed funds will be returned to the E-LOTTER, you should contact your claims officer about the claimant procedures, send your fax and telephone to your claims officer, this will enable his office to send the claims application form (A4) to you the Beneficiary. Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform your claims officer.CONGRATULATIONS!!!Sincerely,MRS. AMANDA COLLINS
PROMOTION MANAGERTHE E-LOTTERY COMPANYUNITED KINGDOM OFFICEHOUSE 2468 SIR MORGAN WRIGHT AVENUELONDON. E7 9LWUNITED KINGDOM.
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