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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: "Irish Email Lottery" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <irishdraw@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 01:55:24 -0000
Subject: Irish Email Lottery Promo

The Promotion Department Irish lottery Office
22 Garden Close, Stamford,
Lincs , PE9 2YP , London United Kingdom.

DEAR LUCKY WINNER ,


This is to inform you that your Email Address have won a prize money of Seven Hundred Thousand Great
Britain Pound Sterling's (£700 000.00) from the Lottery promotion which is organized by the Irish lottery
Organisation.Held on January 2015. We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Irish Email Lottery,
which was held earlier this year Your e-mail address attached to ballot free number:(050PR442-IRNLA) emerge as
a winner of $700,000.00. (Seven Hundred Thousand, Great Britain Pound Sterling's This lucky draw came first
in the 4th Category of the Sweepstakes.This sweepstakes was conducted under the watchful eyes of 8,000 spectators.
and electronic-ballot draw machine from over 250,000 e-mail addresses (personal and corporate e-mail addresses).

It is a pleasure to make you understand the way you emerged a winner even without purchasing a ticket.
The Email Lottery is a strict computer machine ballot draw where email addresses are selected randomly
under the supervision of some organised body Governed by the Irish Lottery Organisation with Email networks
service providers around the WORLD.

TO claim your prize kindly email your details below

1. Full Name:
2. Contact Address:
3. Age:
4. Email:
5. House Mobile phone Number:
6. Martal Status:
7. Sex:
8. Occupation:
9. state

To Irish Lottery Office United Kingdom Email; irishdraw@outlook.com


Best Regards,

Sir Frank Morris
The Irish Lottery Director

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