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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 NATIONAL LOTTO INC." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ukn.lottoagent012@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:45:32 -1200
Subject: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY E-MAIL BALLOT AWARD WINNER 2009!

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY E-MAIL BALLOT AWARD 2009!

Your email address has won E500,000.00GBP
Contact Dr Steven Wilson British Embassy Nigeria.
ukn.lottoagent012@gmail.com
steven_wilson@live.co.uk

Indicate your Names, Age, Country, Phone number.
Payment details will be sent to you.
Winning Number 99-11-00-67-90-99
Batch Number 8059912902/199
Reference Number UK/HW47511/0099

Sincerely
Mrs Rebbecca Johnson, Financial Director.
Copyright © 2009 UK National Lottery! All rights reserved!

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