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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: "huaking Gazeta.pl" <huaking@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: kinghua208@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:42:36 +0100
Subject: GOOD NEWS WINNINGS NOTIFICATION USD4.2M???


<http://www.uknationallottery.com/changelanguage.php?ID=1&URL=rules.php>*
* * * *UK-LOTTO ORGANIZATION:
Customer Service
Ref Number: UK/9420X2/68
Batch Number: 074/05/ZY369
Telephone: +447045740604

WINNINGS NOTIFICATION **USD4.2M
**We happily announce to you the draw of the Uk-Lotto weepstake Lottery
International programs held in * *Bangkok-Thailand* *on the 17th of Jun,2008
. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:07-12-23-26-29-44 which
subsequently won you the lottery*
* in the first category.*
**
*You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £2,367,834(Two
million, three hundred and sixty seven thousand, eight hundred and thirty
four British Pounds sterling) which is approximately USD4.2m, from total
cash prize of £23,678,340 was shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky
winners in this category.
*
* All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through
computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.
*
* *
*[image: Roger Griffiths] [image: Jean & Michael O'Shea]
<http://www.uknationallottery.com/changelanguage.php?ID=1&URL=rules.php>
*
* *

* The World Pak Express Courier company Ltd in Thailand* *has been given
the contract to deliver all our winners cheque to the address of the
respective winners.*

*WORLD PAK EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY LTD
Contact Agent: KING UA (Director of Operations and Logistics) *
*Email address,,*
* or** **kinghua2008@yahoo.com.hk* <kinghua2008@yahoo.com.hk>
**
* <hua.king@75@yahoo.com>*
**
*Should you want your winning fund to be paid by cash/wired to your Bank
account, Endevour to state this accordingly in your responce to the contact
Agent KING HUA for necessary attention.
*
* To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your full
names,telephone number, Age and occupation, Winnings numbers [such as
batch,ref, serial and lucky winning number],your country and address where
you want to receive your winnings cheque in your contact mail to KING HUA*
*
*
* Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program and
thank you for being part of our promotional lottery programm. For safety
measures and to avoid fruadulent claims you are adviced to keep all about
your winnings information and notification confidential and away from all
third parties till your check arrives your address.*
*
Congratulations once more from all the members and staffs of this program.

Goodluck.
*
** * * *King Hua *
** *Online coordina *
** ** *[image: You must be 16 or over to play or claim a prize]*
*tor for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,**
AMBROSE MICHEAL
Online Co-ordinator/Notification Officer
Sweepstakes International Program.
Telephone:+447024093465 *

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