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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: "uknotification lotterypromo"
<uklotterysweeptakenote1@unitedkingdomsweeptakesnotification.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 18:20:03 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

The National Lottery Logo
 
 
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

                   WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#994 ) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday 02 Jul 05.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 08-25-33-35-38-40(bonus no.7), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category
i.e match 5 plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £147,516(one Hundred And Forty Seven Thousand Five Hundred And Sixteen Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of  £1,770,192  shared amongst the
first twelve(12)lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5.
Draw 994 Sat 02 Jul 05.


 
NUMBER OF MATCHES  No OF WINNERS  £s PER WINNER  TOTAL
 Match 6  0   £5,753,161   £5,753,161
 Match 5 plus bonus  12   £147,516   £1,770,192
 Match 5  475   £2,329   £1,106,275
 Match 4  27601   £88   £2,428,888
 Match 3  547546   £10   £5,475,460
 Totals  575634   £16,533,976

   Additional Information

   Jackpot winner(s) 3 Machine used for Draw PEARL Winners by Lucky Dip 220604 Ball set used 1.
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 £147,516 (one Hundred And Forty Seven Thousand Five Hundred And Sixteen Pounds Sterling)Would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning
information confidential till your claim 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.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

MR.Barry Wood.
Email: lotteryclaimsdepartment@claimsagentbarrywood.com

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Richard K. Lloyd
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,Sweepstakes International Program.
Open 7 days 8am-11pm.
You must be 16 or over to play or claim a prize

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