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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: majemite@mchsi.com (Mrs Helen Woods)
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:48:30 +0000
Subject: National Lottery Notification

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

Dear Lucky Winner,

RE: BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to notify you the draw (999) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, Online
Sweepstakes International Lottery Program held on 16th June, 2007. Participants
were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from a pool of over 25,000
email addresses drawn from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand,
Middle-East, parts of Africa, and North & South America as part of our
international promotions programme conducted annually to encourage prospective
overseas entries.

The result of our computer draw (#978) selected your email address attached to
e-ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky
numbers: 8. 17. 33. 41. 43. 45 (37 Bonus Ball), which subsequently won you
the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 5 plus bonus. You have therefore
been approved to claim a total sum of £1,200,000 (ONE MILLION AND TWO HUNDRED
THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him. You may wish to establish
contact via e-mail with the particulars presented below citing the batch and
reference numbers to this letter between the hours of 8.00am - 7.30pm on
Monday through Saturday.

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY : WINNING PRIZE CLIAMS-
LOTTERY CLAIMS APPLICATION FORM-C (Prize Winning Receipt)

[FULLNAME OF WINNER]..................................................
[CURRENTADDRESS]. .......................................................
[STATE/PROVINCE].........................................................
[COUNTRY/REGION]........................................................
[AGE]...........................
[SEX]...............................................
[MARTIALSTATUS]................................................
[OCCUPATION]..........................................................
[CURRENT EMAIL].............................................
[TEL/FAX]............................................................

Note that the above Claims Form should be filled and returned immediately to
the underlisted approved officer to
foster the release of your Winning Prize.

Overseas Claims Unit
United Kingdom Lottery Fiduciary
Contact Person: Dr Well Paulson
Email:claimsagentdrwellpaulson@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +44-701-115-3092


Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press
anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be
further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the
end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program.

© Copyright 1994-2007 The UK National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline


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