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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: "Mrs. Jennifer Larry" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <azmibinharun8@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 19:51:46 -0400
Subject: Congratulations you are a winner today

UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION,
LIFE CHANGING,
OUR REF: UKLO/BT/621830
SPONSORSHIP NUMBER: 444968
GAMING APPROVAL NUMBER: 2233898163


As part of our Lottery Awareness Program and Bonanza for year 2014 held in Bangkok Thailand, we just carried out “ACTIVE EMAIL ADDRESSES” computer draws in some regions. Note that the computer draws were based strictly and randomly on active email addresses of users that never played our lotteries this year.

You have won Four Million, Six Hundred Thousand USA dollars (US$4.6Million) only. Your email address drew the Winning Number 03 30 86 32 34 71 33. This makes you an international winner in your region. For details, guidance and processing of your payment, please contact the Claims/Processing Officer, MR. AZMI BIN HARUN by email azmibinharun8@gmail.com immediately (quoting your WINNING NUMBER).

For your US$4,600,000 payment process to begin, you are expected to REPLY with the below listed winnings and personal claims information:

* Your complete official names
* Full address & country name
* Telephone & mobile numbers
AGE, GENDER, OCCUPATION AND JOB TITLE.
* Winning Number

The Contact Details are:

NAME OF CLAIMS/PROCESSING OFFICER: MR. AZMI BIN HARUN

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU MUST ONLY SEND YOUR REPLY TO THIS DEDICATED EMAIL ADDRESS: azmibinharun8@gmail.com


Claims must be made within one week of this notification.

Congratulations!

Mrs. Jennifer Larry,
NOTIFICATION/ONLINE CO-COORDINATOR
UK Lottery Organization.

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