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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" <info@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: ukonlinecoordinatoru@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:30:45 -0200 (BRST)
Subject: From: Brian Hunt

From: Brian Hunt
Manger.UK Lottery Draws
Ticket Number: 5647600545 188
draw no. 1547
BONUS 26
Attention:
Winner,We are happy to announce that you are one of our Lucky
Seventeen(17) Star Prize Winner in this months edition of the UK Lottery
held on the Today in London .

This makes you a proud Winner of 1,000,000.00 Great British Pounds. To
claim your prize Contact the disbursement office with the under list
informations as soon as possible Name:,Telephone Number:,Gender:, Country
Of Residence:(Mr)Email:ukonlinecoordinatoru@gmail.com Website:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/lottery/



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