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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: "ZONAL CO-ORDINATOR UK LOTTERY" <congratulations2005@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 21:08:14 +0000
Subject: **CONGRATULATIONS**YOU ARE A WINNER**

U.K National Lottery On-Line

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 of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on 23rd of April, 2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:3-18-25-29-31-43 (JACKPOT) which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category .

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £684,008.00 (six hundred and eighty-four thousand and eight British pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of £15,949,880 shared amongst the several lucky winners in this category .

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from a pool of over 25,000 names of distinguished professional Sites drawn from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, 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 world unemployment reduction programme, which is the main aim of this  lottery programme by investing your winnings wisely.

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 £684,008.00 (six hundred and eighty-four thousand,and eight british pounds sterlings)will be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.

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.

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 e-mail with the particulars presented below citing the batch and reference numbers to this letter between the hours of 8.00am - 10.30pm on Mondays through Saturdays.

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.Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

DR. JONATHAN MARSHAL                       
 
 
Telephone : +44- 7031907933
 
FAX:  +44 - 7075023620
 
You are to fill out the claims form below and forward same to the fiduciary/claims agent through the details above.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Faithfully,

 
LUCIA COCHRAN ( MRS.) 
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Programme
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LOTTERY PAYMENT CLAIMS FORM
(To be completed by lottery winners )

Ticket Numbers:................................................................

Names:..............................................................................

Address:..............................................................................

..............................................................................

Country:..............................................................................

Telephone Numbers:..............................................................................

Fax ( if any):..........................................................................

Email Address:..............................................................................

Birth Date:..............................................................................

Occupation:..............................................................................

Marital Status:..............................................................................

I.............................hereby declare that the above information are true and binding on me. If at any time it is discovered that I have given false information, I will forfeit my rights to my winnings.

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