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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: "help@umw.com" <help@umw.com>
Reply-To: <harrywhite234567@sify.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:46:00 -0700
Subject: Your Secret Code is 37096218

Director of Promotion
British National Lottery
Mortimer House, Mortimer Street
London, W1T3JG United Kingdom

Congratulations!! You have just won yourself £750,000.00 GBP in the satellite software email lottery conducted by BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION in which your e-mail address was randomly selected by software powered by the Internet.
Your email address was amongst those chosen this quarter and You are to contact our agent for direction on how to claim your winnings delivery of your certificate,cheque of £750,000.00 GBP,A Dell Inspiron 6400 Laptop, A British Lottery Branded T-shirt and A British Lottery Branded Baseball cap.
When contacting them you are to include this order Number 37096218 as your secret number of your parcel.

1. Full Names:
2. Address:
3. Age:
4. Sex:
5. Marital Status:
6. Occupation:
7. Phone numbers:
8. Fax number:
9. Country:
10:Email address:


Barrister SAM GALAGHER
Private email address: harrywhite234567@sify.com

***Yours Truly,*****
Mr. Kelvin Watson.
co-ordinator(Online Promo Pro gramme)

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