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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: UKNATIONAL LOTTERY UKNATIONAL <uknationallottery_agent1984@yahoo.it>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:14:50 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: FILL YOUR DETAILS BELOW


DEAR WINNER

YOU ARE TO FILL YOUR INFORMATION BELOW FOR THE PREPARE OF YOUR WINNING CLAIM .YOU ARE TO DO SO URGENT AND SEND YOUR DETAILS BELOW

REGARD

MR JOHN SMITH

LOTTERY CLAIMS AGENT





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

FINAL NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you today that the
Wednesday 15 August 2007

about the result of the Winner of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY ONLINE
PROMO
PROGRAMME lucky numbers: 2 5 15 34 35
43 35 bonus
no.
Visit the Online Website for your Result
http://www.lottery.co.uk/res/

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

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum
of =C3?=C2=A31 500 000
One Million five hundred pounds sterling in cash
credited to
file
KTU/9023118308/03. To file for your claim please
contact our claims
agent;

Mr . John Smith

Email:lotteryclaimsagent1984@yahoo.it

uknationallottery_agent1984@yahoo.it

Provide her with the informations below:
1.Full Name:
2.Full Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:
10. mode of claims... DELIVERY BY COURIER
Good luck from me and members of staff of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully

Richard K. Lloyd
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.








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