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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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Fraud email example:

From: "notification-officer notification-officer" <notification-officer01@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 03:39:49 +0000
Subject: NOTIFICATION



The National Lottery

EURO MILLIONS PROMO/PRIZE:DEPARMENT
Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1, Ireland(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:

Dear Lucky Winner,

RE: BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING
NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to notify you the draw of the EURO MILLIONS

PROMO/PRIZE:DEPARMENT Online Sweepstakes International Lottery Program

held on Wednesday July 13, 2005.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from

a pool of over 25,000 names of distinguished professionals drawn from

Europe,America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, MiddleEast,parts of

Africa, and North & South America as part of our international

promotions programme conducted annually to encourage prospective

overseas entries. We hope with part of your prize awards, you will take

part in our subsequent lottery jackpots.

The result of our computer draw selected your name and email address

attached to eticket number: 56475600545188 with Serial number 5368/02

drew the lucky numbers:4,12,13,22,37,39 with lucky bonus number, which

subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e.5 1 star

Category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1,350,000(One

Million, Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro) in cash credited to

file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize shared amongst

the first Six (6) lucky winners in this category i.e.5+1 star Category

Your prize award has been insured in your name and is ready for claims.

To begin your claims therefore, you are advised to expeditiously

contact our licensed and accredited claim agent for Overseas Lottery

Winners within a period of 21 days (date of this email inclusive) for

the processing of your winning and remittance to your designated bank

account after all statutory obligations have been satisfactorily

dispensed with.

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

1,350,000(One Million, Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro) would

be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.

Please be informed that claims not processed within the stipulated

period may be forfeited to the pool without further notice.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate

the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. You may wish to

establish contact via email with the particulars presented below citing

the batch and reference numbers to this letter between the hours of

8.00am 7.30pm on Monday through Friday.

Overseas Claims Unit
United Kingdom Lottery Fiduciary
Contact Person: charlse steven
Email: admin@lottery-results-fiduciary.com



Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and

press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so

desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of

confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems

associated with fraudulent claims.This is part of our precautionary

measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

At your disposal, we remain.
Very Truly Yours,

Bertron Hill.


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