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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 <douglaspaxton32@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: THE NATIONAL LOTTERY UK <collins.anderson93@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 23:41:28 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: CONGRATULATION! LOTTERY PRIZE WINNERS AWARD NOTIFICATION!!!


Global Poverty Eradication Incorporation
FREE LOTTERY PLAZA,
1 Queen Caroline Street,
London W6 9HQ
UNITED KINGDOM

=====================
Batch: 05/763638/IPD
WINNING NUMBER:
(02)-(16)-(17)-(29)-(44)-(47)
=====================

                LOTTERY PRIZE WINNERS AWARD NOTIFICATION!!!




We are delighted to inform you of the result of E-mail address Ballot Lottery Draw of the FREE LOTTERY INCORPORATION PROGRAM tagged Global Poverty Eradication.


All participants were selected randomly through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Oceania and Africa as part of our annual international promo.

This Lottery is being promoted and sponsored by Common Wealth Organization, Microsoft Corporation, Coca Cola, Face book, Toshiba as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the global communities where they have operational base.

Furthermore your details(e-mail address) falls within our Africa representative office, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of £350,000 GBP (Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand GBP) will be
released to you from the SPONSORS via their ACCREDITED BANK in Africa where your prize money is been deposited according to the policy attached to maintain a global mutual relationship.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:

Contact our Claims Agent - "Mr. Collins Anderson" through his e-mail:( collins.anderson93@yahoo.com ) to file for your claim after completing the Payment Processing Form below correctly.

NOTE: Remember to quote your Reference and Batch Numbers in your correspondence with our Agent. More so,we advice all our winners to keep their winning information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize received.


Best Regards.,Mr. Douglas PaxtonCoordinator.



PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM

*SERIAL REF

*BATCH NUMBER: ……………………………………


*FULL NAME……………………………………………

*ADDRESS:………………………………………………………

*CITY……………………………STATE………………
ZIP-CODE:………………COUNTRY…………………

*MOBILE NUMBER:………………………………OCCUPATION:
……………………………

*DATE OF BIRTH:……/……./………MARITAL STATUS:………SEX: M / F……………

***ATTACH A COPY OF YOUR ID, PASSPORT, DRIVING LICENSE OR ANY UTILITY BILL THAT BEARS YOUR NAME***

We assure a SAFE HARBOR (Data Protection and Privacy Laws). The law would apply to all records, not just to computerized information. Penalties for Unauthorized release before personal information would be punished.


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