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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: Barclays bank Plc <b.bplc456@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Barclays bank Plc <b.b.plc000002@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 17:07:23 +0100
Subject: UK Message


UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION.
LIFE CHANGING,
OUR REF: UKLO/BT/3099256
SPONSORSHIP NUMBER: 19044
GAMING APPROVAL NUMBER: 224698345
FAX; 00448712640649

The winner


If you are the rightful owner of this email then you can proudly rejoice
and celebrate the recent released result of UK Lottery online winnings
draws of September 2014 held in London UK with the influence of Barclay's
Bank PLC Your email was attached to Free Ticket Number: UKLP-8811047833
and won on Lucky Number: 6012-1022-313-1985. This legitimately entitles
you to claim the sum of US$5,500,000.00 (Five Million, Five Hundred
Thousand US Dollars) as a FIRST CATEGORY winnings prize.

Are you thinking of how you won this lottery without entering for it or purchasing a ticket?

Note the following:

The UKLO draws of September 2014 in which you have emerged as a winner was a free ticket & online sweepstakes.Thousands of e-mail addresses including yours was collected globally from several websites and used for the September 2014 online draws. At the time of
winners selection, your email was among the first ten which
automatically won the lotto in the first winnings category and
entitles you to claim the sum of US$5.5Million without any hassles.

You should address your e-mail to our appointed claims agent Mrs Mary
Queen she will give you guidelines on how to claim your lottery prize of (US$5.5Million Dollars) via our available paying bank methods. Ensure
that you enclose your following winnings and personal claims information in your contact email to Mrs. Mary Queen

*** First and Last names
*** Telephone & mobile numbers
*** Resident country, City, Address & Age
*** Ticket No., Lucky number & Month of draw
OPTIONAL: Occupation and Job title

Claims must be made within one week of this notification.

Congratulations!

From: Mr. Johnson Han
Notification/online Co-Coordinator
UK Lottery Organization.

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