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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: "vivian_kelly4@terra.es" <vivian_kelly4@terra.es>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:53:59 +0100 (MET)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU EMERGE A WINNER








UK ONLINE NOTIFICATION DESK.
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!
UK ON-LINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;
(Registration Z720633X).

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

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of the Bono Lottery International Program held on 2th SEPTEMBER 2006. Your name "email address" was attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 serial number: 5368/02 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 03,08,20,22,34,40 Bonus Number 38, which consequently won the lottery in the second category.

You hereby have been approved lump sum pay of £2,462.462(TWO MILLION,FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY TWO THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY TWO POUNDS STERLING) file Ref: UK/9420X2/68 from the total cash prize of £ 4,924,924.00 shared amongstTWO lucky winners based on their category.

All participants "email address" were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand names from Canada,Australia,United
States,Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by some multinational companies as including Bill Gate, and some other EU governmental personalities part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.
To process your claims you are hereby advice to contact the The promotions Manager with this information:







WINNER'S VERIFICATION FORM


WINNER'S PERSONAL DATA



First Name.: *



Middle Name.:


*







Gender.: MaleFemale







Month Of Birth.: Month January Febuary March April MayJune JulyAugust September October November December

Day: Day1 23 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1314 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Year:







Marital Status.: Single Married Divorced


Nationality.: *





Occupation.:





Address 1.: *


Address 2.:


City.: *


State/Province.: *


Zip Code.: *







Mobile phone No.: *


House Phone No.: *


Fax No.:


Email Address.: * eg. username@domainname.com







WINNING INFORMATION


Batch Number.: *


Serial Number.: *


Refrence Number.: *
AMOUNT WON




This is to verify that the information filled in this FORM is a valid particulars of me. Yes: No:









ENDEAVOUR TO MAIL OR FAX HIM YOUR DETAILS AS OUTLINED BELOW FOR FURTHER REFERENCES.

CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER TO FILE FOR YOUR CLAIMS.


MR MARK JACKSON.
(CLAIMS OFFICER)
Email: claimsofficer110@yahoo.co.uk




Tel:+ 44 701 112 9260

+44 701 112 1015

Fax: +44 700 593 1129

ENDEAVOUR TO CALL YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT AS REGARDS YOUR CLAIMS.

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid dual claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!




Yours faithfully,
MRS VIVIAN KELLY
ON-LINE CO-ORDINATOR
EUROPEAN UNION INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS,
Open 7 days 7am-7pm.





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