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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: mark water <mark.water6@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <smithwalker_fiduciaryagent01@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 03:38:37 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON



























Date:....................... 08/10/2007Ref:......................... 574435/007Batch: .............AA8760558Winning no:...... FUL/5133337
CONGRATULATIONS

ATTENTION:


FREE UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 06th Oct 2007 from the Universal International Lottery programme.

Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses Your name was attached to ticket number; FUL/5133337, with Batch No:AA8760558 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of US$1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: FUL/574435/007 from the total cash prize of US$24,000,000.00 shared among twenty four lucky winners in this category.

All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn form Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base. Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our European representative office in Spain, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$1,000,000.00 will be released to you from this regional branch office in Valencia. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw. HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE Simply contact our fiducial agent,DR. DAVID COOK slifmanager46@yahoo.co.uk or call +447011151229 to file for your claim .

Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full name, address and telephone/fax numbers to help locate your file easily. For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note, All winnings must be claimed by the 30th Nov 2007; otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity. Congratulations once again!!! Best Regards Carol Jones(co-ordinator)

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT DR. DAVID COOK slifmanager46@yahoo.co.uk ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO
DISQUALIFICATION. WINNERS BELOW THE AGES OF EIGHTEEN (18)YEARS WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE DISQULIFIEDOfficer).

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