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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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Fraud email example:

From: <smartball01@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 02:53:43 +0100
Subject: PRIZE WINNER...CONTACT RICHARD KELLY


FROM:LOTTERY COORDINATOR,

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.SMARTBALL LOTTERY, UK.



Dear Winner,               

     Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the HIGH

STAKES DRAWS of SMARTBALL LOTTERY UNITED KINGDOM. We are happy to inform you

that you have emerged a winner under the HIGH STAKES DRAWS SECOND CATEGORY, The draws were held on 18th January   2005 and results are being officially announced today. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 30,000 names/email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America,Asia,Australia,Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our International  Promotions Program.Your name and email, attached to ticket number 55-9-478, with serial number 52-67 drew the winning numbers 05 10 17 19 29 42 (21) and consequently won in the second Category.You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of 500,000 pounds (five hundred thousand ppounds) which is the winning payout for Category B winners. This is from the total prize money of 2.million POUNDS shared among the 4 winners in this category. CONGRATULATIONS!

We also wish to bring to your notice our end of year premium stakes draw where you stand a chance of winning up to US$10 million Pounds that will be shared amongst 10 winners worldwide; we hope that with a part of your prize you will participate. Your fund has been deposited  with Heritage Finance and Securities.Please contact your claims agent via email   or fax for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a bank account of your choice.Congratulations from all our staffs.

Contact Person:

Mr Richard Kelly

Position:FINANCE MANAGER

Address:

HERITAGE FINANCE SECURITY

Plains Heritage Center HOUSE

642 HIGH ROAD

LEYTONSTONE

LONDON , GREATER LONDON E113AA,

LONDON UK.

Email: financier_manager@mail2uk.com 

Fax: +44-870-133-8364



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