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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: "Payment department" <info@payment.com>
Reply-To: dr.samuel.walterr@live.com
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 19:45:52 +0700 (ICT)
Subject:




Group UK,
DR.SAMUEL.WALTER,
DIAMOND ATLANTIC LC,
UNITED KINGDOM.
E-mail:dr.samuel.walterr@live.com
Tel:+447045772120

Group UK, organizers of The National Lottery wishes to inform you that
the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program
held on the 27 of July 2009. Your mail account have been picked as
a winner of a lump sum pay out of Eight hundred and ninty-one thousand,
nine hundred and thirty-four Great Britain pounds £891,934.00 pounds
sterlings) . This is from a total cash prize of £4,459,670.00 shared
amongst the (5) lucky winners in this category.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly fromWorld
Wide Web through computer balloting system drawn from over100,000 names
database, union associations and corporate bodies thatare listed
online.

The Camelot Group, operators of the United KingdomNational Lottery is
approved by the British Gaming Board and alsoLicensed by the The
International Association of Gaming Regulators
(IAGR).

All winning must be claimed not later than 14 working days from
thisnotification. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
doubleclaiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.To begin your
claim,please contact your Claims Agent, from theOversea Winners
Processing.

These are your winning deatils:


Ticket Nº: 22-1356-4096-988
Serial Nº: A069-07
Lucky Nº: 12-13-21-26-32-39 Bonus-17
File REF Nº.: UKL/74-A0802742007
BATCH Nº.: 2009UKL-01


Please fill the following personal details accordingly so as to proceed
with your winnings.


1. Name:
2. Address:
3. Marital Status:
4. Occupation:
5. Age:
6. Sex:
7. Nationality:
8. Country Of Residence:
9. Telephone Number (Country Code)-(Area Code)- Phone Number):
10 Cell Number: (Country Code) - (Cell Phone Number):
11. Fax Number:
12. Draw Number above:-


Department:
DR.SAMUEL.WALTER,


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