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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: "angelasmith1" <angelasmith1@bol.com.br>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 21:11:04 -0300
Subject: WINNING NOTICE


UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMISSION.
28 ROMFORD AVENUE FOREST GATE
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.
REF: NBM /2551256003/22
BATCH: 14/0017/IPD

DEAR WINNER,

ON BEHALF OF THE U.K LOTTERY AND FROM THE DESK OF THE CLAIMS
DEPARTMENT,WE GLADLY NOTIFY YOU OF YOUR LUCKY WIN OF A TOTAL OF
4,600,000 POUNDS STERLING ONLY,IN THE ON-GOING DRAWS, HELD ON THE 22ND
OF APRIL, 2006.

YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS CAME OUT IN THE 3RD CATEGORY OF OUR COMPUTER
BALLOTTING SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 15 MILLION NAMES FROM AUSTRALIA,NEW
ZEALAND,AMERICA, EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA AND AFRICA AS PART OF
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS PROGRAM, WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY.

YOUR EMAIL WAS ATTACHED TO TICKET NUMBER:025-1146-1992-750,WITH SERIAL
NUMBER: 2113-22 AND LUCKY NUMBERS:7, 8, 16, 19, 21, 28.

(YOU CAN CHECK YOUR RESULTS ON www.alllotto.co.uk TO CONFIRM YOUR
EXACT PRIZE AMOUNT)

YOUR WINNING FALLS UNDER THE BOOKLET OF OUR EUROPEAN CO-ORDINATOR,
THEREFORE YOU ARE IMMEDIATELY REQUIRED TO CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT,
TO PROCESS YOUR PRIZE CLAIM, AT THE ADDRESS BELOW:

Name: WALTER PETERS
(EUROPEAN FIDUCIARY AGENT.)
Email: wpeter@fastermail.com

ONCE AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF U.K LOTTERY TEAM, WE SAY CONGRATULATIONS.

YOURS SINCERELY,
MRS ANGELA SMITH.
HEAD, ONLINE CONTACT TEAM.
U.K LOTTERY.

WARNING:

1. YOU ARE HIGHLY ADVISED TO KEEP YOUR PRIZE WINNING HIGHLY SECRET,
CONFIDENTIAL AND FROM PUBLIC NOTICE,UNTIL YOU HAVE COMPLETELY
TRANSFFERED YOUR PRIZE, TO AVOIDANY LOSS, TO UNSCRUPULOUS INDIVIDUALS,
AS WE DID NOT EVEN PUBLISH YOUR NAME/EMAIL ON THE WEBSITE, TO PROTECT
YOU AND YOUR PRIZE MONEY.

2. YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED, IF UNDER THE AGE OF 18.

3. YOUR PRIZE MONEY WILL BE FOREFEITED, IF YOU FAIL TO CLAIM YOUR
PRIZE,ON OR BEFORE THE 10TH OF MAY, 2006, SO CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIARY.


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