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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 ORG." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <natuklotry@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:28:50 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATION!! YOUR EMAIL WON 4.6M USD

UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION,
REF: UKLO/BT/621830
SPONSORSHIP NUMBER: 444968.
GAMING APPROVAL NUMBER: 2233898163.
Mr. Calvin Lee Gibson Email: calvinleegibson@aol.com
Tel: +447042039636
We happily announce to you the results of the UK LOTTERY FREE TICKET ONLINE DRAWS of January, 2013. We wish to congratulate you on the success of your email address which came out in the first winnings category and won you the total sum of US$4,600,000 in our free ticket online random email address computer balloting.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number UKLP-66-73-203-13 with serial number 5039398064482100 drew this lucky numbers 7-62-18-2-13-44-20 which subsequently won the Lottery and qualified you as an international Winner. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$4,600,000 (Four Million, Six Hundred Thousand USA dollars) through any of our available payment methods by TT (TELEX TRANSFER), SPECIAL DELIVERY to your residence within 72hrs or courier of your winning cheque to your address.
To commence payment of your US$4,600,000, you will are expected to reply with the below listed winnings and personal claims information. Also indicate the option convenient for receiving your funds. The three methods of payment is stated above:
* Your complete official names:
* Full contact address & country name:
* Telephone or mobile numbers:
* Age:
* Gender:
* Occupation:
* Bank details if you chose to receive your funds via bank-to-bank transfer.
* Date and venue of draw:
* Attached copy of scanned ID for verification.
Upon your reply with the complete requested information, our APPOINTED CLAIMS AGENT Mr. Calvin Lee Gibson will get back to you with further details on how you will be paid your prize of US$4,600,000.00 and you will proceed with him from there on to the end.
Congratulations on your winnings. Contact Mr. Calvin Lee Gibson calvinleegibson@aol.com or +447042039636. Good luck from me and all staff members of the UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MRS. JENNIFER LARRY.
NOTIFICATION MANAGER

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