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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: "Mrs Esther Moore" <lottery2006@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mscarolinenoel@yahoo.com.au
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:59:51 +0100
Subject: You are Lottery Winner

UK-LOTTO Headquarters:
The Marina Offices,
St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HX
England

Customer Service
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#1018) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on
Saturday 7th of January, 2006 in NEWCASTLE UNITED-KINGDOM.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188
with Serial number 5368/05 drew the lucky numbers: and Bonus Ball
(02,11,27,29,36,44. Bonus Ball 15) which subsequently won you the lottery in
the 1st category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
2,027,760GBPs (Two Million Twenty Seven Thousand, Seven Hundred and Sixty
British pounds sterling) in cash, credited to file ktu/9023118308/03. All
participants for this 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. 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 2,027,760 (Two million
twenty seven thousand, seven hundred and sixty British pounds
sterling) will be released to you by any of our payment offices
in Europe.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact
her. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential till your claim is processed
and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit
to receive 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, contact our claims agent below with the
following information.

Names: Ms. Caroline Noel.

FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:........................

CONTACT ADDRESS:..................................

CITY/STATE:.......................................

COUNTRY:..........................................

NATIONALITY:......................................

OCCUPATION:....................................

SEX:.......................AGE:...................

MARITAL STATUS...................................

TEL:...................FAX:.......................

NEXT OF KIN:......................................

ANNUAL INCOME:....................................

AMOUNT WON:.......................................

REFENCE NO:................BATCH NO:..............

LUCKY NO:..................TICKET NO..............

SERIAL NO:.................LOTTERY DATE:..........

Congratulations once again from all members and staff of this
program. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery
programs.

Yours faithfully,
WILSON GERARD
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program




CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This email message, including any
attachments, is intended only for the use of the intended
recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged,
confidential and prohibited from unauthorized disclosure under
applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient of this
message, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this
message is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in
error, please notify the sender by reply email and destroy all
copies of the original message.

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