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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: "JAMES KELVIN" <overseasclaimsunit9@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: overseasclaimsunit9@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:44:21 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION: PRIZE WINNER.

Dear Prize winner,

 

Greetings from the claims department of the UK National Lottery. I am in receipt of your email update as regards the winning notification you received from our zonal coordinator, Mrs. Calister Green. Please be advised that this is neither a junk mail, nor a joke.

 

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from a pool of over 25,000 names of distinguished professionals drawn from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, parts of Africa, and North & South America as part of our international promotions program conducted twice in a week to encourage prospective overseas entries. The internet emailing idea was used, since most people do are not able to purchase tickets and play outside the UK.

 

To file in your claims, you are requested to carefully fill the following personal details accordingly so as to proceed with your winnings.

 

1.  Name:

2.  Address:

3.  Marital Status:

4.  Occupation:

5.  Age:

6.  Sex:

7.  Nationality:

8.  Country of Residence:

9. Telephone Number (Country Code)-(Area Code) - Phone Number):

10 Cell Number: (Country Code) - (Cell Phone Number):

11. Fax Number:

12. Draw Number above:-

13. Annual income:

14. Email Address:

 

Get back to me as soon as possible with these details, so that we could proceed in the transfer of your prize funds to you.

 

Have a wonderful day.

 

Mr. James Kelvin.



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