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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: "Kenneth Donovan" <kennethdonovan55@bigmir.net>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 22:30:24 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION


UK RAINBOW POSTCODE LOTERIJ-NL/PROMO
14 Princess Square,
Yorkshire, England
www.postcodeloterij.nl

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final
draws Online Promotions held in London England on the 25th of May, 2008.The
online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 500,000
e-mail
addresses of individuals and corporate bodies selected by an advanced
automated
random computer search from the internet. The selected e-mail addresses were

attached to tickets numbers which were spun by our ballot machine. After
this
automated computer ballot, your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
7160043 emerged as one of the ten winners in the category "B" with the
following winning informations:

REFERENCE N0:KH067/0068183JK.
BATCH N0: KC/977/0617569601.
PRIZE NO: PR/CA08/54302.

You have been approved for a payment of £500,000.00(Five Hundred Thousand
GBP)
is advised to keep your winning information confidential until your claims
has
been processed and remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to

avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program. Your prize has
also
been insured with your winning e-mail address. Confirm this by:

CONTACT BELOW MENTIONED OFFICE ON E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR CLAIMS WITH DETAILS AS
FOLLOWS:

FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
OCCUPATION:
AGE:
TEL/FAX:

Contact Person: Ed Morris.
Contact Email: rainbowlottery01@sify.com

Congratulations.

Yours faithfully,

Kenneth Donovan.
UK Rainbow Lottery Coordinator.

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