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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: UKNL Foundation<lottoagent99@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 03:56:26 +0300
Subject: Ref: UK/9420X2/68


BRITISH LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS:
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Dear Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement of the British Lottery Online Promo Programme held on Wednesday
31st of OCTOBER 2007.
The draw was done electronically with several email addresses provided to this office by webmail providers to enhance
the utilization of the internet.Your email address attached to Reference Number UK/9420X2/68 was picked as one of the
ten winning email addresses.This has qualified
you to claim the total cash prize Of £815,502 in cash.
To file for your claims and due remittance of funds
contact:PHILIP HARGREAVES with the following details:
Name/ Age/Address/ Occupation/and Telephone No;
via Email;lottoagent99@yahoo.co.uk

Yours Truly
Anne Wright(Online Coordinator)

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