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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: "lotto wins" <national-lottery-co.uk1@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 16:30:08 +0100
Subject: YOU HAVE WON

The National Lottery Logo

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM Date:23-10-2005.
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

 


WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#992) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on Tuesday

27th September 2005.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 08-15-30-31-34(bonus
no.40), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.ematch 5
plus bonus.
Ball number 8Ball number 15Ball number 30Ball number 31Ball number 34    Bonus Ball number 40

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £472,926.00 (four hundred and seventy thousand nine hundred and twenty six pounds sterling) in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03
.

This is from a total cash prize of £472,926.00 shared amongst the 
Two (2) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.

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. 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 £472,926.00 (four hundred and seventy thousand nine hundred and twenty six pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in
Europe.

Our European agent will immediately commence theprocess to facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

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 claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.We also like to acknowledge our sponsors post bank of the netherlands,Fedex,DHL,UPS,Western Union.


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

 Mr.
Jimmy Abba

Tele/Fax:+44 703 195 6908

Email: lottoclaims@hotmail.co.uk

Call anytime within the hour of 8.30am-6.00pm mondays to fridays uk time

Good luck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,

MRS.SANDRA JONES

Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,Sweepstakes International Program

Lotto
Prize Breakdown
Draw 1005 Wed 10 Aug 05 Jackpot
Ball number 8 Ball number 15 Ball number 30 Ball number 31 Ball number 34 Ball number 43 Bonus Ball number 40
£3,074,019
 NUMBER OF MATCHES  No OF WINNERS  £s PER WINNER  TOTAL
 Match 6  1   £3,074,019   £3,074,019
 Match 5 plus bonus  2   £472,926   £945,852
 Match 5  331   £1,785   £590,835
 Match 4  17601   £73   £1,284,873
 Match 3  338459   £10   £3,384,590
 Totals  356394   £9,280,169
You must be 16 or over to play or claim a prize

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