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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: "Powerball Lottery" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mckenzie@blumail.org>
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 04:47:55 -0400
Subject: (CONGRATULATIONS) PRIZE WINNING NOTIFICATION!

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT POWERBALL EURO E-MAIL INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT

Dear Sir/Madam,

This is to inform you of the release of the E-MAIL LOTTERY BALLOT INTERNATIONAL/WORLD GAMING BOARD result.

Your e-mail attached to Ticket Number 219028657434 with Serial Number JU918735625 drew the lucky numbers of 21-70-81-82-99 and we are happy to inform you that the recipient email address is entitled to a lump payout of GBP1,500,000.00 (One Million, Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds). CONGRATULATIONS!!!

To immediately claim your prize, please contact your claims’ officer with the information below:

Zuri McKenzie
Tel: +44 704 5712783 or +44 742 5370269
Email: mckenzie@blumail.org

Please provide your batch and reference information below when making contact;

BATCH NO: PBL/1457/19088/2011
REF. NO: ZMK/7220/25510//2011

In your best interest(s), you must initiate contact within two weeks of receipt of this correspondence and keep all information confidential until the claims process is complete to avoid a case of double claims.

Sincerely,

Dr. Dominic Spencer

Material Copyright ©2011. The Lottery Co. Ltd

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