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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 E-mail Lottery" <daltonclaire@live.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:34:44 GMT
Subject: YOU WON


The National Online Lottery
P O Box 1010 Liverpool,
L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM

(Customer Services)=20

YOUR EMAIL ID JUST WON: =24900,000USD

Dear Sir/Madam,=20

We are pleased to announce you as one of the 5 lucky winners of the United =
States E-mail Lottery International Monthly draws held for 16th April =
2009.All five winners Email Address were randomly selected from a batch of =
10,000,000 international emails. Your email address emerged along side 4 =
others as a category 2 winner in this year's weekly United kingdom E-mail =
Lottery Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out =
of =24900,000(Nine hundred thousand dollars only).

The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:=20

(i) winning numbers:47-14-34-85-67-32
(ii) email ticket number:BR 754/22/76
(iii) lotto code number: BR09622US
(iv) Ref number:BR/04/836207147/US=20

Your winning details falls within our UK/EUROPEAN booklet representative =
office as indicated in the draw system and we have forwarded your winning =
details to our UK/EUROPEAN processing agent for the processing of your =
documents.=20

Please contact the under listed claims officer as soon as possible for the =
immediate release of your winnings:=20

Mrs.Claire Dalton
Email: daltonclaire33=40live.co.uk


Winners must send their Data or fill the data's below and send to their =
claims officer:=20

1. Name:
2.Address:
3.Sex:
4.Age:
5.Marital Status:
6.Occupation:
7.Telephone:
8.Country:=20

=21=21=21Once Again Congratulations=21=21=21

Richard K. Lloyd
Online coordinator for
UK NATIONAL ONLINE LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program=

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