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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: "uk national lotto promostion" <uknationallotto_64@msn.com>
Reply-To: claimsoffice_agent@excite.com
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 13:37:05 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION CONGRATULATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!


                           The National Lottery Logo                 

 UK  NATIONAL LOTTERY  PROMOTION
                  Monmouth House 40 Artillery Lane,London,E1 7LS

Dear  Winner,

RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION.

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the online cyber lotto
Draws of the Uk national million lotto held on the 30th December 2005.
The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of
25,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an
advanced automated random computer search from the internet.
No tickets were sold.After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail
address emerged as one of  ten winners in the category "A" with the
following particulars:

(i) Winning numbers: 43-11-44-37-10-43
(ii) Email code number: 24/00319/IPD
(iii) Lotto ref number: UNL/26510460037/02

Hence you are eligible for the prize of Three million Pound Sterling.
Please contact the under listed Fiduciary Coordinator as soon as
possible for processing of your claim:

Mr. Andrew Brown Alan
Payment Coordinator.
Email:claimsoffice_agent@excite.com

  When making your claims quote your email code number in the subject
of your email.You are required keep this award to yourself, especially
your Particulars, until your claim has been processed and your money
remitted to you.

Once again on behalf of all our staff,

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,
JAX WHITE
PROMOTION MANAGER
UK NATIONAL  LOTTERY PROMOTIONS
LONDON UK
,

 

 

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