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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 LOTTERY <krekelberg@gci.net>
Reply-To: payoutprocessingoffice@gala.net
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:08:02 -0800 (AKDT)
Subject: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

Dear E-mail User,

Your email has just won the sum of £4,460,495 GBP in cash credited to
a file in the just concluded UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Programme held on Saturday 17/04/2010
====================================
Winning Numbers:3,10,29,31,36,44 bonus 45.
Ticket Number: 8603775966738
Secret No:089188/10
Winning Date: Saturday 17/04/2010
=============================================
1. Full Name 2. Address: 3.Age/Gender 4. Occupation 5.Nationality
6.Phone Number 7. Have you won a lottery before?(YES/NO)8.Amount Won?
Send details to Fiduciary Agent: Barrister David Green

Email: payoutprocessingoffice@gala.net

Note:All Reponse should be sent to Agent via email: (
payoutprocessingoffice@gala.net )
Online Co-Ordinator
Rose Wood (Mrs)

http://www.national-lottery.com/results/result.asp?LotteryID=2&ResultID=10121

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