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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" <ukwinslott109@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 13:21:33 +0400
Subject: Notifying you that your email address won US$4,600,000


Notifying you that your email address won US$4,600,000
UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION
TICKET 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 April 2008 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.John Frankon the below email address for options on how to
receive your winnings money.

To enable Mr.John Frank 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.John Frank
Email-Address: johnfrank.2008@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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