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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: "Winning Notification" <winningnotification02@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 01:10:38 +0000
Subject: AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS,
406 BURY NEW ROAD, WHITEFIELD,
MANCHESTER M45 7SX, U.K.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.

REF NO: MELI-T/17-F044262312

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to announce to you as one of the 6 lucky winners in the
NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS held on 10th of October, 2005. All 6 winning
addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 40,000 international
emails. Your email address emerged alongside 5 others as a 3rd category
winner in this month's draw.Consequently, you have therefore been approved
for a total pay out of £300,000 Pounds (Three Hundred Thousand pounds) only.
The following particulars
are attached to your lottery payment order;

(i) Winning numbers: 990-11-815-37-10-83
(ii) Email ticket number: 901-0148-790-691
(iii) Lotto Batch No. 13/FFP/LDL/037
(IV) File REF NO: MELI-T/17-F044262312

Please contact the under listed claims officer as soon as possible for the
immediate release of your winnings:

CONTACT AGENCY:
MR. DUNCAN RICHARDS AND ASSOCIATES U.K LTD,
20 Lausanne Road London,
SW2 3JB ENGLAND.U.K
Email: duncanrichards05@uk2.net
Tel: +44-703-1909-781

You are to provide the claim agent with the under listed information as soon
as possible:

1. NAME IN FULL:................................

2. ADDRESS:.....................................

3. NATIONALITY:.................................

4. AGE:.........................................

5. Sex..........................................

6. OCCUPATION:..................................

7. PHONE.......................................

8. FAX:........................................

Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,
Mrs.Grace Hamilton,
LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS.
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT U.K.,
406 BURY NEW ROAD WHITEFIELD,
MANCHESTER M45 7SX,
U.K.

N.B:
1. All claims are nullified after 20 working days from today.
2. Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or addresses.
3. Please see that you quote your REF and Batch Numbers in your
correspondence with your Claims Officer.
4. Please do not reply to this email. Contact your claims agent.

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

The National Lottery Promotions Awards is proudly sponsored by the
Microsoft Corporation, the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell computers, Mckintosh
and a conglomerate of other international IT companies. The National Lottery
Internet draw is held in each quater of the year and is so organized to
encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to
say that up to Fifty Million Pounds are won annually in more than 150
Countries worldwide.



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