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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" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <anderson.david@consultant.com>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 17:17:28 +0200
Subject: DID YOU GET MY MESSAGE

Hi,
 
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement of winners of THE UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAMS held on 2nd of May, 2017 as part of ouryear bonanza.
 
You have won the UK International lottery; your ticket number 034-1416-4612 750, with serial number 6521-11 drew the lucky numbers 31-34-22-24-39-43, and consequently won the lottery in category C.
 
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £1.2Million in cash credited to file REF: EKS255125600304. This is from total prize money of £16,800,000.00 shared among 14 winners in this category. All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from 25,000 names from Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe and North America and Oceania as part our International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually!
 
Your fund is now deposited with EQUITY INVESTMENT LIMITED, a finance company, insured in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.
 
To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent;
 
MR. DAVID ANDERSON
EQUITY INVESTMENT LIMITED,
132 BLACKBURN ROAD,
BOLTON BL7 9RP ENGLAND, UK.
TEL: 00 44 (0) 745 122 2069
EMAIL: anderson.david@accountant.com
 
Send the following by email to us to enable us process your prize:
 
1) Beneficiary's Full Names (First Name, Middle Name, Surname):
2) Reference Numbers:
3) Award Prize (Amount) Won:
4) Country of Residence, Physical and Postal Address:
5) Contact Mobile Telephone, Telephone & Fax Numbers:
6) Alternative contact email address:
 
Remember, you must contact your claim agent immediately, if you do not contact then, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
 
All correspondences to DAVID ANDERSON should be sent by email.
 
CONGRATULATIONS
 
 
Sincerely,
MRS. HELEN OWEN.
 

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