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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: "The National Lottery UK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <thenationallottery31@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 03:25:01 -0700
Subject: YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS WINNING NOTIFICATION

The National Lottery
PO Box 1010 Liverpool
L70 1NL, United Kingdom

Dear winner,

We happily announce to you the draw (#1719) of the UK National Lottery online Sweepstakes International program held on Wed 13 Jun 12 in Liverpool United Kingdom. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 756-005-45-188 with Serial number 5388/14 drew the lucky numbers 12 - 25 - 29 - 34 - 45 - 47 and the bonus number (16) won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 6. Your draw has a total value of £1,225,258 GBP from a total cash prize of £2,450,516 GBP shared among the One (2) lucky winner in your category.

You are therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,225,258 GBP in cash. Your email address was selected by our Electronic Random Selection System (ERSS) from an exclusive list of 250,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies generated from an internet resource database.No tickets were sold. You are advised to contact our certified and accredited claims agent for 2nd category winners with the information below:

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Name: Mr. Arthur Richy

E-mail: claimsfilewiningagent2012@yahoo.co.uk

call Tel: (+447045733844)

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NOTE: Please state your name as it should appear on the prize Cheque. You are to contact Mr. Arthur Richy as instructed above with respect of your winning directly immediately with the following details below:

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FULL LEGAL NAMES:

COMPLETE MAILING ADDRESS:

TEL:

AGE:

SEX:

OCCUPATION:

AMOUNT WON:

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Whilst every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of information containing National Lottery results, Camelot Group plc cannot take any responsibility for any errors or omissions of names. Prize winning and all aspects of the National Lottery games are subject to Games Rules and Procedures. You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your winnings and also get a http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/lotto/results/prizeBreakdown.ftl

Congratulations once again from all members and staff of this program and thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Members of staff of affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Yours Faithfully,

Mrs. Helen Green
Sweepstakes International Program

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