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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: kshibu@chem-eng.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Reply-To: speelautomaten@webadicta.org
Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 21:50:58 +0200
Subject: [SPAM] The British Home Price Notification

The British National Lottery
P O Box 1010
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD

Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

Congratulations!

We want to congratulate and inform you on the selection of the Lottery prize where your E-mail ID has won the prize sum of Six Hundred and Forty Thousand GBP (640,000.00 Pound) in the British National Email Lottery Promotion with the Ref: KN/9420X2/68, Batch: 074/05/ZY369 and Lucky Drew numbers: 13,22,28,45 (Bonus 33)won you the lottery prize in the 3rd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.

For claim we advise you to contact the claim payment officer. Mr. Martins Ward / telephone number +447938010507
E-mail: martinsword@webadicta.org

Claims Requirements:

1. Names:
2. Address:
3. Nationality:
4. Age:
5. Occupation:
6. Sex:
7. Phone/Fax:
8. Present Country:

NB: Failure to verify his/her winning details will be disqualify from the winning list approved for payment we advise you contact the claim officer for claim if interested.

Winner under the age of 18 will be automatically disqualified. *Staff of the British Lottery are not to partake in this Lottery.

Congratulations once again!

Regards
Mrs. Stella Ellis (Group Coordinator)
Note that you are not to reply to this E-mail, please contact your claims officer directly to start the processing
of the winning claims application.

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