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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: "UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <winnerscenter@micro.lt>
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:12:43 +0530
Subject: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PROMO

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The attached message from UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM <info@uniteprop.org> (<info@uniteprop.org>)
was determined by the Spam Blocker to be spam based on a score
of 14.8 where anything above 4.3 is spam.

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Reply-To: <winnerscenter@micro.lt>
From: "UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM"<info@uniteprop.org>
Subject: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PROMO
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:12:43 +0530
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="Windows-1251"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM UNDP
56 Tooting Broadway,London
United Kingdom.
SW4X 85QCF.

Attention: Winner,

We are pleased to inform you that you have won the amount of £1,000.000 One million great Britain pounds sterling GBP's, from the MEGA Jackpot draw result organized by the united nations development program (UNDP), in conjunction with the World Poverty Eradication society (PES),This draw was conducted over the Internet from over 100,000 Internet websites Air Ticket,Train ticket super market cash invoice and credit card receipt Be Informed that no ticket were sold. To claim your award you are required to complete the form below with a copy of any valid ID.

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PERSONAL DATA (complete correctly)
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1.Full Name (Surname First):
2.Current contact Address:J
3.City/State with Zip Code:
4.Country of Origin:
5.Present Country:
6.Marital Status:
7.Sex:
8.Age:........DOB:.......
10.Tel:..............Mobile (if any):...........
11.Occupation:.............Position Held:..............
12.Other e-mail ID (if any):..................

WARNING!!! You may be disqualified if any false information is noted and you must be
the age of 18+ to be qualified to claim funds.

UNDP AWARENESS CENTER
Contact email: winnerscenter@micro.lt
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Sincerely,
Mr. Greener Phil
Send response to (winnerscenter@micro.lt )
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