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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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Please note about this email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Collen White" <uklottoservices@web.de>
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 17:05:11 +0100
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

The U.K. National Lottery,
12 Bridge Street,
Staines Middlesex TW18 4TP,
United Kingdom.
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05
Batch: R3/A422-59

Dear Sir,
                          WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (Lotto #276) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, Online Sweepstakes International Program held on Wednesday 26th Febraury, 2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 64756231545 248 with Serial number 6268/05 drew the lucky numbers: 8-14-25-40-43-48(33), which subsequently won you the lottery in the HotPicks
category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of  £7,000 (seven thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023432318/05. This is from a total cash prize of £1,489 ,552 (One million, four thousand, four hundred eighty nine thousand five hundred and fifty two pounds sterling) shared amongst the our 22(twenty-two) lucky winners in this category All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play  coupon. In view of this, your £7,000 (seven thousand pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment offices within Europe.

To file for your claim, please contact our Fiduciary Agent via email:

Mr. James Busher
E mail: ukservices27@excite.com or ukservices271@excite.com
 
Please, provide him with the info rmation below:
1. Name
2. Address
3. Occupation
4. Marital status
5. Age
6. Country(Present Location)
7. Nationality
8. Telephone and Fax numbers.

That way your winnings certificate and all other relevant documents/paperwork can be prepared for you. You would be required to show an instrument of identification when cashing your cheque .i.e. drivers license company indentification, or international passport.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
abuse of this program. Please be warned. You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your winnings and also get a prize
breakdown:-
http://www.lottery.merseyworld.com/

Goodluck from me and members of s taff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
 
Yours faithfully,
Collen White
Online Coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program
United Kingdom


N.B: Please contact your Claims Agent immediately.

 



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