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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:47:11 GMT
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!!Ref#:UK/940X2/68


Dear e-Mail User,
We are happy to announce to you that your email address has
won you
the sum of £ 850,502.00 in cash credited to
Ref#:UK/940X2/68 and
batch#:074/05/ZY369 in the recent draw of the UK National
Lottery
Online Sweepstakes Program To file for your claim contact
DR.Mark Lambert
on his email with your completed claims infomations.
E-mail:eurowinclaims_department@yahoo.co.uk
Phone No:+44 704 576 4069
CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM
1. Full Names:
2. Address:
3. Age:
4. Sex:
5. MaritalStatus:
6. Occupation:
7. Phone numbers:
8. Fax number:
9. Country:
10.Nationality:
Congratulations once more and from all members of uk
national lottery



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