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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: "UK Online Lottery" <uklotto.noticedesk02@mail.mn>
Reply-To: agents.watfordoffice@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:50:16 +0200
Subject: :your email ID won Jacpot prize .


The National Lottery
P.O.Box 1010
Liverpool L70 1NL. United Kingdom
(Customer service) NOTIFICATION DESK

Attention: Email Account Holder,

Congratulations!! Congratulations!!
We happily announce to you the draw (#1299) of the UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY,
online promotion International program held on Tuesday 17th June 2008.

Your active e-mail address attached to the World Wide Web computer generated
ticket number: M110755845138 with reference number UK/JA42CTP/08 and Serial
number ZA5365/3, Batch number XA87-2PY, drew the lucky numbers:
09-27-35-37-39-42 and Bonus 23

This subsequently won you the jackpot lottery in the 1st category i.e.
matches 6 lucky numbers.

You have therefore been allocated to claim a total sum of £1,347,475.00 (One
Million Three Hundred and Forty Seven Thousand, Four Hundred and Seventy
Five British Pounds) in cash is credited to file UKPC/95180. This is from a
total cash prize of £14,409,727.00 shared amongst the 706712 with (3) lucky
winners in "JACPOT" category.

Prize Breakdown
------------------------------------------------------------
Draw 1299 Tue 17 June 08. Winning Numbers 09-27-35-37-39-42 and Bonus
23. Jackpot for this draw £4,042,371
------------------------------------------------------------
No of matches No of winners £s per winner Prize fund
Match 6 3 £1,347,457
£4,042,371
Match 5 plus Bonus 21 £59,228 £1,243,788
Match 5 772 £1,006 £776,632

Match 4 40243 £42
£1,690,206
Match 3 665673 £10
£6,656,730
Totals 706712
£14,409,727
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Additional information Jackpot winner(s) Lucky Dip winners Machine used for
draw Ball set used 3
108033 SAPHIRE 6
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


All World Wide Web valid email addresses used/participants for the online
email version were selected randomly via computer balloting from World Wide
Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 email
addresses of unions, associations, and corporate bodies affiliated to the
National Lottery and are listed online.
This Online promotion takes place via virtual ticket Bi-annually.

Please note that your lucky winning ticket file and number falls within our
European booklet representative office in Watford (UK) as indicated in your
ballot played coupon. In view of this, your £1,347,457 would be released to
you by our payment department.

Contact our Fiduciary agents immediately to commence release of your lottery
prize.
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 choice you want to claim your prize. Precautionary measure to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program are in place. Please
be warned!!!
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent and provide him
with your winning details .remember to quote your reference numbers.

FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
AMOUNT WON:
TEL:
FAX:
WINNING EMAIL:
TICKET AND REF:
OCCUPATION AND AGE:
::::
UK Lottery Fiduciary Agents:
Mr. Dean Fitzgerald
Foreign Service Manager
Watford Regional Centre

Tolpits Lane, Watford WD18 9RN .United Kingdom
Tel : + 44-703-189-6911 : + 44-702-409-1778
Fax : + 44 709 287 6829
E-mail :agents.watfordoffice@yahoo.co.uk

"Do not reply to this email from its senders source, it is sent via
computer virtual assistance for response will not be read my Human but
computer" contact the fiduciary agents by telephone or email provided above
"

Yours faithfully,
Nelly Green. Online coordinator.
UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.
Copyright (c) 2008 The UK Lottery International Promotion Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service -Guideline. 77635 476378 255667460.

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