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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: "Neil Anderson" <opicuklott@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: opic_uklott1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 08:19:40 +0600 (BDT)
Subject: You made it Congratulations.....




UK-LOTTERY LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES PROMOTIONAL DRAW

From The Desk of Mr. Neil Anderson
Address:1 Plough Place, London
EC4A IDE United Kingdom
E-mail:opic_uklott1@yahoo.co.uk

Attn: Dear Lucky Winner,

This is to notify you that you are one of the lucky winners selected
worldwide to receive sum of £1,500,000.00 (One Million Five Hundred
Thousand Great British Pounds) for this month prize promotion which is
organized following the successful bid and approval by the International
Olympic Committee (IOC) of London City as the host city for the 2012
Summer Olympics/Paralympics Games. UK Lottery in Collaboration with the
London 2012 Local Organizing Committee (LOC)floated this promotional draw
for the promotion of the upcoming games.

In the light of the above, we happily announce to you that draw of this
Special Global 2012 Olympics Promotional Draw held on Saturday 28 July
2012 draw in London City, United Kingdom. The Lottery Draw was based on
Random selection exercises of database of E-mail addresses on Internet
websites worldwide and the Globe divided into Zones. No tickets were sold
but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for
representation, and your Email ID Credited to Ticket No:(UK/L/01076L).

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,500,000.00
(One Million Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds) credited to file
GERUKZA/851ENHI/2012. This is from a total cash prize of£11,100,000.00
Million Pounds Sterling, shared amongest the first one Hundred and-Thirty
(130) lucky winners in this category worldwide. Please note, your lucky
winning numbers falls within our European Representative office in
Scotland.

In view of this, your winnings of £1,500,000.00 (One Million Five Hundred
Thousand Great British Pounds) would be released to you by our program
accredited pay out officer (Agent). Our Scotland Agent will immediately
commence the process to facilitate the released of your winning prize Money.

For Claims, you are to directly to contact our assigned Agent in our
England Zonal Center via Below;

Contact Person: Pete Elsenberger
E-mail:opicuklott_claimoffices@yahoo.es
Tel: +447-012-975-569

Important Notice;
Keep your winning information confidential until you have received your
winning prize to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program. The deposited cash prize with Paying bank in Europe has been
insured by the organizer before the funds will be transferred. Fill in
your Online Application correcly in Bold letter e-mail to us Immediately
so that we can proceed with the required claim process.

Online Request:
BATCH NUMBER: UK/12/UK-94322, REFERENCE NUMBER: GE/06/UKOLMP, TICKET
NUMBER:UK/L/01076L,PIN:59124, FULL NAME: ADDRESS: TELEPHONE: SEX:
OCCUPATION: NATIONALITY AND DRIVER'S LIC.

As soon as your details are received it will enable the approval and
insuance of your winning Certificate, a copy of it will be sent to you via
.

Congratulation Once Again.
Mr. Neil Anderson

NOTE : If You Recieve This Message In Your Junk Or Spam Its Due To Your
Internet Provider.

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