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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 NATIONAL LOTTERY" <claimsdept@unl-online.com>
Reply-To: info@unl-online.com
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 06:07:21 +0800 (PHT)
Subject: Dear Winner....

Mrs. Dianne Thompson
Online Coordinator,
CAMELOT GROUP,
Operator of the National Lottery.

11th March 2011

WINNING NOTIFICATION

The United Kingdom National Lottery wishes to inform you that the results
of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by Great
Britain held on the 28th Of February 2011. Your email address has been
picked as a winner of a lump sum pay out of £1,000,000.00, One Million
Great Britain Pounds, (£10,000,000.00 international winners in this
category. All participants for the online version were selected randomly
from World Wide Web through computer balloting system drawn from over
100,000 email database, union associations and corporate bodies that are
listed online. This promotion is this year's UK National Lottery bonus.
The Camelot Group, operators of the UK National Lottery is approved by the
British Gaming Board and also licensed by the International Association of
Gaming Regulators (IAGR).

All winning must be claimed not later than 12 working days from this
notification. After this time all unclaimed funds will be returned to
European Union Treasury as unclaimed. Please note in order to avoid
unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your
reference number in all correspondence. Be advice to keep your winning
information confidential until your claims has been processed and your
money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. To begin your
claim, please contact your Claims Agent.


PROCESSING DEPARTMENT
UK INTERNATIONAL AWARDS P0 BOX 1003,
Scotland Glasgow United Kingdom
Mr. Dave Hilton
Phone +44 7024022728
E MAIL: claimsdept@unl-online.com

He will brief you on steps to be taken for due processing and remittance
of your prize money, you are to fill the below information and send it to
the above email.

FULL NAMES: ________________
Sex /Age: __________________
ADDRESS: ___________________
City________________________
State_______________________
Postcode____________________
Country_____________________
Tel/Mobile__________________
Nationality_________________
Occupation_________________


Below are your winning details:

Batch number.....................YM 09102XN
Ref number.......................YM35447XN
Winning number...................YM09788


Sincerely,
Mrs. Dianne Thompson
Online Coordinator,
CAMELOT GROUP,
Operator of the National Lottery.

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