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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: "Mrs. Mary Bell. (Secretary)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <detaegodanielsdan01@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 07.53.19 +0200
Subject: UK LOTTERY PROGRAM

UK LOTTERY PROGRAM

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

We are pleased to inform you about the result of our Lottery DRAWS HELD on the 27/05/2013 and anouced on 22/06/2013. Your e-mail address attached to ticket

number 27522465896-532 with serial number 652-662 drew lucky numbers 7-14-18-23-31-45 which consequently won in the 1st category. You have therefore been

approved for a lump sum pay of US$1.3Million note that. All participants in this lottery program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system

drawn from over 200,000 companies and 400,000,000 individual email addresses from all search engines and web sites.

This promotional program takes place every year, and is promoted and sponsored by eminent world personalities like the (SULTAN of Brunei, Bill Gates of

microsoft inc and other corporate organisations). This is to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide. For security purpose and clarity, (we

advise that you keep your winning
information confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted to you.) This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims

and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.We look forward to your active participation in our next year USD500 million slot.You are

requested to contact our LOTTERY
COORDINATOR:

Mr. Detaego Daniels Dan
E-Mail: detaegodanielsdan1@yahoo.co.uk
Website: www.interlottery.com

All winnings must be claimed not later than 20/07/2013. Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to quote your WINNING

NUMBERS, SERIAL numbers, and TICKET numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore, if should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as

possible.

Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of our promotional program. You are required to reply to this email: detaegodanielsdan1@yahoo.co.uk for further details.

NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE.

Sincerely yours,

Mrs. Mary Bell. (Secretary)

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