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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 FREELOTTO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <claims@onlinefreelotto.org>
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 14:59:00 -0600
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

Official ©UK National Freelotto Weekly Draws

===========================================================================================================================================================

Congratulations!! Your E-mail ID has Won you ?1.500.000.00 GBP in the on-going

©UK National Freelotto. No Ticket Bought. Your Email Address was selected

through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 company Email Addresses, and

30,000,000 individual Email Addresses from Australia, New Zealand, North

America, South America, Europe, Asia and Africa as part of International

Promotions Program. This promo is the 1st of its kind and we intend to sensitize

the public. Your Email Address was attached to a ticket number "099-22-04-552".

Your Batch Number 010/04/Euxp , and Reference EU/8364x6/10. For claims Contact

Dr.TONY WILLSON via email or telephone.

============================================================================================================================================================


Dr.Tony Willson

Email: claims@onlinefreelotto.org

{Online Promo Co-ordinator}

Tel: +(44)871-503-2127,

Fax: +(44)709-289-4930.

©UK National Freelotto Inc.
www.freelotto.com

License Number: BS1094

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