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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <enquiry77@aim.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:57:32 -0700
Subject: Final Winning Notification..............File In For Claims



UK NATIONAL LOTTERYWEST CLIFF CASINO BOARD,401 centre, 302 REGENT STREET,West End, LONDON, W1B 3HH Registered in England with Company Registration number 3699618Group VAT registration number 832 6732 26.Ref: Number: UK/9420X2/68Batch Number: 074/05/ZY369UK NATIONAL LOTTERY CASINO BOARD WINNING NOTIFICATION The UK NATIONAL LOTTERY(WEST CLIFF CASINO BOARD) International promotion UNITED KINGDOM program is proud to inform you that you have just won approved to claim a total sum of £850,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds) in cash,credited to file ktu/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £ 3. 6 Million pounds, shared amongst the first Four (4) lucky winners in this category.
However no previous notification is given before your email address was picked for this lottery. Generally email address are picked, the draws are processed by the computer through a special program that is special designed for this lottery, the program is known as Random Access Program (RAP) This software picks email addresses from the internet and through a random process, picks the winners through their email address. To file for your claim, please contact our financial agent:Mr Brian Adams TellUK NATIONAL LOTTERY West Cliff Casino BoardTel: +44-793-997-8490Fax: +44-700-5976-327 EMAIL:enquiry77@aim.comEMAIL:emailslt57@yahoo.com.hk====================================================================APPLICATION FOR PRIZE CLAIM (Receipt Official Notification Letter)----------------------------------------------------------------------[FULL NAME OF WINNER][FULL MAILING ADDRESS][COUNTRY/ REGION][STATE/ PROVINCE/ZIP CODE][DATE OF BIRTH] [SEX][MARITAL STATUS] [OCCUPATION] [CURRENT E-MAIL] [TEL HOME][CELLPHONE NUMBER][FAX]

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 double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.
Congratulations once again from all members and staff of this program.Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery programs.
Yours faithfully,Lorraine DoddsOnline coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY(WEST CLIFF CASINO BOARD)Sweepstakes International
Copyright © 1994-2008 The UK National Lottery Inc.All rights reserved. Terms of Service -Guidelines
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