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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: elc_kennethjacobs@live.co.uk
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:26:31 -0800
Subject: EUROPEAN LOTTO COMPANY. has forwarded a page to you from conversantlife.com

EUROPEAN LOTTO COMPANY. thought you would like to see this page from the conversantlife.com web site.
Message from Sender:

EUROPEAN LOTTO COMPANY. 9th Floor 34 The Aldwych London WC2B 4DN, Dear Winner, My name is Mrs, Sherry Newton and on the behalf of EUROPEAN LOTTO COMPANY OF UNITED KINGDOM, I wish to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the EUROPEAN LOTTO draw held on the 15th of DECEMBER 2009. Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as a 2nd category winner in this year's Annual EUROPEAN LOTTO Draw. Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total payout of £870,000.00 UK Pounds (EIGHT HUNDRED & SEVENTY THOUSAND POUNDS STERLINGS).The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order: (i) Winning numbers: 03-08-11-29-34**(02) & (03). (ii) Email ticket number: ELQ036/09/19 (iii) Lotto code number: KWU038UK (iv) The file Ref number: MBIC/01/05-10-11-32/GB-UK. Please contact the under listed claims officer as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings: CONTACT PERSON: MR. KENNETH JACOBS. DEPARTMENT OF CLAIMS OFFICE NUMBER: +44-203 318 0228 OFFICE FAX: +44-203 318 0246 EMAIL: elc_kennethjacobs@live.co.uk Please alway put your Email ticket number as the subject when contacting Mr.Kenneth Jacobs with the email address above. This email notification is auto-generated and it is valid for four weeks.Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!! REGARDS, Mrs, Sherry Newton. ONLINE CO-ORDINATOR. The EUROPEAN LOTTO COMPANY is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation, the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell computers Mackintosh and a conglomeration of other international IT companies. The European LOTTO internet draw is held once in a year and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say that over £257 Million pounds are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.


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