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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: <sale_res002@t-online.de>
Reply-To: mr.h_rbs67@ymail.com
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 10:18:42 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: The UK Lottery International Promotion Inc



Congratulations! Winning Notification!

UK online international Lottery Award Prize of £820,731.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand, Seven Hundred and Thirty One British Pounds).



Email Account Owner,

Congratulations!! We are happy to announce that you have won an online lottery prize in our international lottery promotion. Your active e-mail address attached to computer generated ticket number: BE 05607545 7152 with reference number UK/UA2C110EN6 has won UK Lottery 2nd category award prize.



Contact our Fiduciary agents immediately to commence release of your lottery prize by providing details as listed below.

1. Full Name:

2. Email Address:

3. Age/Occupation:

4. Reference Number/Ticket Number

5. Phone Number:

6. Country:

7. Date of draw



UK Lottery Fiduciary Agents:

Mr. Edward william

Foreign Service Manager

Watford Regional Centre

Tolpits Lane, Watford WD18 9RN .United Kingdom

Tel: +447700007027

E-mail: ed_mark9001@outlook.com



Thank you and Congratulation once again!



Yours faithfully

Mr.Dr Harish.

(Online coordinator)




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