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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: "Mr. Dave Moore" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <davemore2013@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 05:33:17 -0800
Subject: 2015 UK NATIONAL LOTTERY DRAW.

THE NATIONAL LOTTERY,
Life Changing.
www.national-lottery.co.uk
 
Dear Lucky Winner,
 
As part of our new year Lottery promotion Program for year 2015, we just carried out worldwide “ACTIVE EMAIL ADDRESSES” computer draw. Note that the computer draw were based strictly and randomly on over 100 million active email addresses of individuals and corporate bodies that never played our lotteries last year. It was a free random online/internet draw.
In the draw, your email address won Five Million, Seven Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds (5,700,000 GBP) only. Your email address drew the Winning Number 03 30 86 32 34 71 33 and Ref.No: LC007022. This makes you an international winner in your region. For details, guidance and processing of your payment, please respond immediately with the below data;
 
FULL NAME:...........................
FULL ADDRESS:........................
SEX:.................................
AGE:.................................
OCCUPATION:..........................
TEL(MOBILE):......................FAX........(If any)
COUNTRY:.............................
E-MAIL ADDRESS:......................
WINNING NUMBER:......................
REFERENCE NUMBER:....................
 
Claims must be made within one month of this notification.
 
Due to possible mix up of some numbers and email contacts, we ask that you keep this winning strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money is remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims or unscrupulous acts by some non-
participants of this program.
 
Please do not reply if you are NOT the owner of this email address.
 
Congratulations!
 
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Dave Moore.
Lottery Team Manager/Claim Officer.

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