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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: "Customer Service Uk National Lottery17" <customerserviceuknationallottery17@klikni.cz>
Reply-To: customercareunit01@live.com
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 17:30:44 -0700
Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?YOUR_EMAIL_WON_YOU_=A3750,000.00_GBP?=


WINNING NOTIFICATION (UKON 2008)
Ref No: UK/9420X2/68
Batch Number: 074/05/ZY369
Lucky Numbers: 31-17-8-28-55[08] Bonus Ball

ATTENTION: WINNER,
You have been Selected in the NEW YEAR UKON 2008 Lottery Program. Our
lottery program selection has finally been performed today which was
held at the Marina office.Your email
promotion ticket randomly drew for the Lucky Numbers: 31-17-8-28-55 [08
Bonus Ball ,which selected your email as the 2ND winner of our lottery.
Suffice to say here, We have officially approved a sum
payout of £750,000.00 GBP to you as the lottery winner.
Conclusively,upon your receipt of this notification,do fill the
verification and funds release form and return to the claims department
immediately via

NAME: MARK WINTERS
Email: customercareunit01@live.com
FULL NAME:
AGE:
SEX:
ADDRESS:
COUNTRY:
WINNING EMAIL ADDRESS:
MARITAL STATUS:
OCCUPATION:
PHONE:

Congratulations from all our staff for being part of UKON
2008 LOTTERY PROGRAM.
ROSE WOODS (MRS)
Zonal Co-Ordinator

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