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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 Lottery Results" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <agent_leroybanks@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 19:26:51 -0000
Subject: NOTIFICATION !!!

ANNUAL EDITION.

Good day, we announce to you the draw of the National Camelot Lottery results programs held in London. Your e-mail address with drew 1579 and the lucky numbers: 2 - 6 - 8 - 9 - 36 - 39 Bonus 29,which subsequently won you the sweepstake in this category.

You have been approved to claim a total sum of £2,359,740. 00 in cash credited made available from a total cash prize of £8,012,353. You were randomly selected from the online balloted version of world wide web sites through a computer drawn system extracted from over 1000,000 online stores and companies.
Two options are made securly and available for your funds immediately via any option secure to you either by bank transfer or to courier your cheque to your designated destination.
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To file for your claim, contact our claims agent via email,see details below;
Contact Agent
Mr. Leroy. Banks
Email: agent_leroybanks@hotmail.com
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Remember to quote your draw information in all correspondence. You are to keep your lucky information confidential away from a second party especially your draw numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained and could lead to a loss in your claims). All Members of affiliate agencies are automatically disapproved from participating in this program.

Congratulations from all members and staff.

Faithfully,

Danny Ronin, Esq.
Zone Co-ordinator.


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