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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 NATIONAL LOTTERY BOARD<mrfredjames@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:42:52 -0600
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

UK-LOTTO Headquarters:
The Marina Offices,
St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HX England
Ref: UK/9420X2/68, Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the Draw (#1158) of the UK LOTTERY,
Online Sweepstakes International program in UNITED-KINGDOM. Your E-mail
address was selected at random and attached to TicketNo.:56475600545188
with Serial no. 5368/02drew the lucky No. : 04.07.26.28.39.49.{47}Bonus
Ball, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e
match 6. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
£850,000.00 in a Winning Cheque, credited to File ktu/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of £ 3.6 Million pounds, shared amongst the first Four(4)lucky winners in this
category.To file for your claims,contact our fiduciary agent:
Mr.Fred James
Email: mrfredjames@hotmail.com
+4470 4570 0496
Note:dont click reply just send the following infomation to the
fiducary agent above.
REQUIREMENTS:
1. NAMES:
2. CONTACT ADDRESS:
3. OCCUPATION:
4. SEX:
5. AGE:
6. NATIONALITY:
7. PHONE NUMBER:
8. File Number:
9. Batch Number:
10.Amount Won:
Congratulations once again from all members and staff of this program
From: Mr Lorraine Dodds. Online Co-ordinater.

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