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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: "SUPER***7***" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr_thomasbrownlive@live.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 14:49:26 -0800
Subject: LOTTERY PROMOTION WINNER

SUPER***7***FREE==LOTTERY==PROMOTION
NORTH-AMERICA-UK
SUPER***7***LOTTO MEGA JACKPOT LOTTERY
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ( USA ) Branch Office
1785 BROAD STREET
NEWARK –NEW JERSEY 07089 USA .
SUPER***7***LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTION: UK

REF NO: MSW/56B-672GH/L
BATCH: 4583JL/WIN


CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!


Dear Winner,


Big Congratulations from our members of staff. We are SUPER***7*** LOTTERY ORGANISATION, We are happy to bring you this good news!!!! You are aware of the on going promotion sponsored by a group of conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility and appreciation to all customers in your area zone for the continuous business patronage in this communities where they have operational base.

Finally today, we announce the winners of the SUPER***7***LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTION LOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS held on the 22nd, of jan, 2010. Your company or your personal e-mail address, attached to winning number 57-20-32-36-38-46, With serial number 647489, consequently won in the Tenth lottery category.

You have been approved for lump sums pay out award of $850,000 USD in cash Credited to file REF NO: MSW/56B-672GH/L and winning number 57-20-32-36-38-46. Selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 1,000,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.

The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. No ticket were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. This is to encourage our prominent Microsoft Internet Explorer users all over the world, and for the Continues use of E-mail. Your Prize-fund has been insured with your REF NO: MSW/56B-672GH/L and winning number 57-20-32-36-38-46. To claim your winning prize, you must first contact the claims department by email for Processing and remittance of your prize to you.


The Claims Processor:
Name: Thomas Brown
E-mail: mr_thomasbrownlive@live.com OR mr_thomasbrown@financier.com
Tel : +44 703 183 3452

Mr. Thomas Brown

Regional Claims Officer , Uk Main .

Please email Mr. Thomas Brown your confirmation of the acceptance of this Award, through the above email as stated above, In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and winning numbers in all

Do email the above email address all at once. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and winning numbers in all correspondences with your claims officer. You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your ticket number and ballot number. Pending when you have completed the clearance procedure (This is very important as a case of double claims will not be entertained) .

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE TO SEND THE BELOW INFORMATION REQUIRED TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRIZE:

1.Full Name:......................................................................................................................
2.Address:..........................................................................................................................
3.Nationality:......................................................................................................................
4.Age:.........................Date of Birth:..................................................................................
5.Occupation:......................................................................................................................
6.Home Tel:......................Mobile Tel:.......................................Fax:.................................
7.State of Origin:............................................Country:…………………..........................


Yours Sincerely,



Kenneth Andersson (Mr.)
Online Co-ordinator




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