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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)
Reply-To: mikesmith2000620006@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:39:24 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Ref: UK- 9420X2- 68


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:rowlandtaylor16@yahoo.com.co



- THE NATIONAL LOTTERY ,TOLPITS LANE, WATFORD HERTS WD18 9RN, UNITED KINGDOM. (Ref: UK- 9420X2- 68 Batch: 074-05-ZY369). We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement of winners of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE PROMO PROGRAMME, Held in the month of November, 2008. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial Number: 472-9768-79 drew the winning numbers: 8-66-97-22-65-5 and a bonus number of 24 which subsequently won you the Lottery in the second category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $950.000 (Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand United State Dollars Only) in cash credited to KTU/9023118308/03, that was deposited with NATWEST BANK PLC, UK. All participants of this online promotion programmed were Selected randomly from numerous World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from close to 125,000 Unions. Your assigned claims agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you conct him via electronic mail (email). To file for your claim, contact the claim agent. Mr. Mike Smith on his email address: mikesmith2000620006@hotmail.com with the following details YOUR FULL NAME, ADDRESS, SEX, AGE, PHONE NUMBER, OCCUPATION, BATCH NUMBER, SERIAL NUMBER and YOUR WINNING EMAIL. Once again congratulations. Best Regards. Rowland Taylor (Lottery Coordinator)


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