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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 ORGANIZATION" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bbjonathan02@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2016 10:03:06 +0200
Subject: Congratulations.. (Your Email Address Has Won You $4.6M). 31/01/2016

UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION (UK.L.O)
FREE TICKET & ONLINE PROMOTIONS
SWEEPSTAKES NO: UKLO/1115/BKKTH/6922

Dear Lucky Winner,

As part of our Free Ticket/Online Lottery Awareness Program and Bonanza for JANUARY 2016 held in Bangkok Thailand, we have 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 lottery this year.

You have been officially certified a legitimate winner and beneficiary of $4,600,000.00 U.S Dollars.


Your email address drew the Winnings Lucky Number (W.L.N): 33-33-4343-7466. This makes you an international winner in your region. For details, guidance and processing of your lottery prize payment, contact our Appointed Claims/Processing Officer MR. B.B JONATHAN by email, citing the following rightful winners’ payment verification information:

*** First and Last names
*** Telephone & mobile numbers
*** Home address, city & country
*** Winnings Lucky number & Month of draws
*** Date of birth, Occupation and Job title

The Contact Details are:

MR.B.B JONATHAN
EMAIL ADDRESS: ( bbjonathan01@yahoo.com.hk )
PHONE/FAX: +447087647604

If you are pondering how you won without entering the draws or purchasing the lottery ticket, then know that this very sweepstakes of JANUARY 2015 in which you have emerged as a winner is a free ticket online draws conducted on a computer balloting system using over hundred thousand email addresses. At the time of winners’ collation, your email address came out among the first ten which won you the lottery in the first winnings category and entitles you to claim the complete sum of 4.6 Million U.S Dollars without any hassles.

Congratulations from me and the organizing team of UK Lottery Organization's Bangkok-Thailand free ticket sweepstakes of JANUARY 2016.

Yours Sincerely,
ONLINE COORDINATOR,
UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION (UK.L.O)

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