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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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Fraud email example:

From: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY LONDON <rossewoo53@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <claimspayerwinlotto@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:45:50 +0000
Subject: YOU HAVE WON UKNATIONAL LOTTERY/ CONTACT BAR.DAVID GREEN FOR CLAIMS



National Lottery Commission,HarrogateH G1 2YR England.Ref : UK/776090X2/23Batch: 013/05/8394369Draw date:Saturday 9 June 2007National Draw:Further resultsWINNING DRAW NUMBER:2, 3, 23, 33, 40, 46 (bonus.30)Verify Your Winning Number: http://www.lottery.co.uk/res/=======================================================CHECK YOUR WINNING NUMBER: http://www.lottery.co.uk/checker/WINNING DRAW NUMBER:WINNING DRAW NUMBER:2, 3, 23, 33, 40, 46 (bonus.30)=======================================================WINNING NOTIFICATION:We happily announce to you the Draw (#942) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online UK National Lottery program held Saturday 9 June 2007 Your e-mail address attached to Ticket Number:8603775966738 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the Winning Numbers:WINNING DRAW NUMBER:2, 3, 23, 33, 40, 46 (bonus.30),which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 3plus bonus.You are therefore been approved to claim total sum of £1,628,360.00 ( One Million Six Hundred And Twenty Eight Thousand Three Hundred And Sixty Million Pounds) in cash credited to file.This is from a total cash prize of £20,350,000.00 pounds,shared amongst the Winners with different amount won in this category i.e Match 3 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 contact our Fiduciary Agent for VALIDATION.***********************************************************Barrister David Green.Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release orderDepartment,CLAIMS PROCESSING LOTTERY AGENT.TRANS-ATLANTIC S.A LONDON, UNITED KINGDOMTel Phone: +44 701 113 6365E-mail:claimspayerwinlotto@yahoo.co.uk***********************************************************Endeavour to email him your full names,winning numbers,email address,telephone and fax numbers immediately.Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.Mrs. Rose Wood,Winning Department,CordinatorUK National Lottery.www.lottery.co.ukYOU HAVE WON UKNATIONAL LOTTERY/ CONTACT BAR.DAVID GREEN FOR CLAIMS
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