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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: UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION <uk.winslott163@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <richmondwilliams007@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:10:20 +0400
Subject: Notifying you that your email address won US$4,600,000



Notifying you that your email address won US$4,600,000UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATIONTICKET FREE/ONLINE E-MAIL ADDRESS WINNINGS DEPARTMENT. If you are the correct owner of this email address then be glad this day as the result of the UK lotto online e-mail address free-ticket winning draws of 29th September 2007 has just been released and we are glad to announce to you that your email address won you the sweeptakes in the first category and you are entitled to claim the sum of US$4.6Million. Your email addresses was entered for the aonline draw on this Ticket Number: APP236566301307 and won on this Lucky Number: MX014926583. You are to contact Mr. Richmond Williams on the below email address for options on how to receive your winnings money. To enable Mr Richmond Williams ascertain you as the rightful winner and receiver of the $4.6Million MAKE SURE you include the below listed information in your contact mail to him. Your country of origin and country of residence/work, complete!
official names, address, contact telephone and mobile numbers, amount won, free ticket and lucky numbers, date of draw. OPTIONAL :- [Sex, age, occupation and job title]. Mr. Richmond Williams. Email-Address: richmondwilliams007@yahoo.com.hk Just incase you are thinking of how you won without entering then know again that this very draw of the UK Lottery Organization in which you have emerged as a winner was a free ticket online email address draws where thousands of email addresses was collected from almost all world wide websites and used for the online draws/sweeptakes and during winners selection your email address came out among the first ten which won you the lottery in the first winnings category and entitles you to claim the sum of $4,600,000. From: Online Winning Notification Department, UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION.
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