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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)
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:35:30 -0500
Subject: Acknowledge receipt


ATTN: WINNER,

Having concluded a recent lotto special programme, your email address
was among the specially selected, hence in the LOTTO HOTPICKS file
category, with special winnings numbers 11,13,21,33,36,47 you are to
receive a cash sum of £4,500,000.00 (Four Million Five Hundred Thousand
Great Britain Pounds Only).

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the
World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over
50,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed
online.

For further details and processing of your winnings, you MUST FORWARD a
copy of this notification/alert via email or fax (indicating your email)
to our processing director via contact information below;

Mr. William Thomson,
TNL Processing Director,
Tel: +44 702 402 1857
Tel: +44 703 196 3385
Fax: +44 871 263 6944
Email: william_th@live.com
Cc: wthomson@hotmail.com

Congratulations once again from me, and entire members of staff of the
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY (TNL) and it is our hope that you participate in
any of our international programs in the nearest future.

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,
Miss Felicia Clarke,
Special Programme Coordinator,
Special Programme Department,
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY (TNL)
Email:the_tnl@live.com
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DISCLAIMER & CONFIDENTIALITY:
The information contained in this communication is intended solely for
the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others
authorized to receive it, as it may contain confidential or legally
privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are
hereby notified that any disclosure, unauthorized use,copying,distribution
or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is
strictly prohibited and may be unlawful.

If you have received this communication in error,please notify us
immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your
system. THE NATIONAL LOTTERY (TNL) is neither liable for the proper and
complete transmission of the information contained in this
communication nor for any delay in its receipt.
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