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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: "NATIONAL LOTTERY UNITED KINGDOM" <info_coordinatorsdept02@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 15:29:47 +0000
Subject: ATTENTION AND CONGRATULATIONS!!!

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

                            AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#1024) of the NATIONAL LOTTERY UK , online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday 15 October  2005 and officially announces today 5th of NOVEMBER 2005.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 04-07-29-30-42-44(bonus ball no.39), which subsequently won you the lottery in the jackpot category i.e match 6.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £867,454(Eight Hundred And Sixty Seven Thousand,Four Hundred And Fifty Four Pounds Sterlings) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a  total cash prize of £4,337,270 shared amongst the first five (5) jackpot lucky winners in this category i.e Match 6.

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 which are America,Africa, Asia, Australia,Europe, Middle East, and Oceania part of the world.

This promotion takes place weekly.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our europe booklet representative office in europe as indicated in your play coupon.In view of this,You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of You have therefore

been approved to claim a total sum of £867,454(Eight Hundred And Sixty Seven Thousand,Four Hundred And Fifty Four Pounds Sterlings) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in europe.Our europe agents will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact them.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.

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

MR  ALLEN JOHNSON.
Email:info_johnsonclaim@excite.com
PHONE:+447031968019
     :+447031844625

For further clarification/verification of your claims, Please call on the phone numbers stated in this notification e-mail.You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your  winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-www.national-lottery.co.uk
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/prizes/prizeAction.do

Good  uck and congratulation from all members of staff of the NATIONAL LOTTERY UNITED KINDOM.

Your Faithfully

Mrs.Queensley Adams.

Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERYSweepstakes International Program.

You must be 16 or over to play or claim a prize

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