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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: "ASIA/UKLOTTERY" <wlottdept@she.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 23:30:51 +0700
Subject: YOUREMAIL ID WON!!!!!!!!!!! CLAIM YOUR PRIZE MONEY

REF N0: ZFN/512567303/
BATCH NO: 56490902/20
WINNING NO:ASUK/33/36//06/LP

FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
OF THE UK LOTTERY/INTERNATIONAL

AWARD NOTIFICATION

ATTENTION:

The Asia U.K National Lottery/International wishes to inform you of the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by the United Kingdom lotto International promotions held on 20th March, 2007. Your email account has been picked as a winner of ($800,000,00) [ Eight Hundred Thousand United State Dollars]
We happily announce to you the draw (#2052) of the ASIA UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on the 20th March, 2007 in NEWCASTLE UNITED-KINGDOM. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 475 605 45 with Serial number 53-71 / 00 drew the lucky numbers :( 06, 33, 36,49 and bonus ball 29) which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 5 plus bonus.
To begin your lottery claim, please contact our co-ordinator as follows:
Mr. Tom waraporn
Phone: +668-5984-3047
Fax: 662-3063-447
Email: tomlott_w@she.com <mailto:tomlott_w@she.com>
Congratulations from the staff and thank you for being part of email account users for the promotion
For your information, return a copy of this letter during your reply.

Over 237,000 grants have been awarded from The National Lottery, totalling over 18.5 billion. These have benefitted all sorts of people, from Olympic athletes and charities, to schools and underprivileged groups. Find out here about just some of the people and projects in your area that you have helped, simply by playing lottery games.
You must be 16 or over to play or claim a prize
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs Moon Fete,
For Management
CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is
intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and prohibited from unauthorized disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any dissemination distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error,please notify the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the
original message.

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