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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: "Judith Thompson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <daviswize@consultant.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 09:22:26 +0100
Subject: EURO UK AWARDS NOTIFICATION

The National Lottery
 
                     P.O.Box 1010
 
      Liverpool L70 1NL. United Kingdom
 
(Customer service) NOTIFICATION DESK
Attention:  Email Account Holder,
 
Congratulations!!, We happily announce to you the draw (#1404) of the UK
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes promotion held in London UK and
Johannesburg South Africa on   6th  Sept  2015
Your active e-mail address attached to the World Wide Web computer
generated ticket number: B55607545 4152 with reference number UK/JA2C110P5
and Serial number ZA5365/3 ,Batch number XA87-2PY,drew the lucky numbers:
06 14 32 35 41  Bonus 43
This subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. matches 5
lucky numbers Plus Bonus number.
You have therefore been allocated to claim a total sum of ?520,731.00 (Five
Hundred and Twenty Thousand, Seven Hundred and Thirty One British Pounds)
in cash is credited to file UKPC/9080144308/07. This is from a total cash
prize of ?17,403,993
Shared amongst the 545,587 with (3) lucky winners in "2nd" category.
 
PRIZE BREAKDOWN
------------------------------------------------------------
Draw 1404  15th /08/ 2015 14 32 35 41 42 Bonus 43    Jackpot for this draw
    ?7,542,072
------------------------------------------------------------
No. of matches     No. of winners    ?s per winner     ?s Prize fund
Match 6                      4                    ?1,885,518
?7,542,072
Match 5 plus Bonus 3                     ?520,731            ?1,562,193
Match 5                   387                  ?2,522
?976,014
Match 4                25,997                ?82
?2,131,754
Match 3               519,196                 ?10
?5,191,960
Totals                     545,587
?17,403,993
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Additional information Jackpot winner(s) Lucky Dip winners Machine used for
draw Ball set used
                                       4
         SAPPHIRE                                   3
This promotion was drawn based on email address as the key identification
for setting up online accounts. All valid email addresses in the World Wide
Web Draw used/participants for the online email promotion version were
selected randomly via computer balloting from a global website
collaboration with internet companies like eBay, pay pal, liberty reserve,
and Google whom also built their systems and based their membership
registration identity on email addresses supporting this computer draw
system done by extracted email addresses from over 100,000 unions,
associations, and corporate bodies  and  affiliated members to the National
Lottery website and their advertisers listed online. This Online promotion
takes place via virtual ticket balloting and it is done Bi-annually.
Please note that you’re lucky winning ticket file and number falls within
our African booklet representative office in Johannesburg (SA) as indicated
in your ballot played coupon. In view of this, your ?520,731.00GBP (FIVE
HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED & THIRTY ONE GREAT BRITISH
POUNDS) would be released to you by our payment department.
Contact our Fiduciary agent in South Africa  immediately to commence the
release of your lottery prize by providing the details below.
 
1. Full Name:
2. Email Address:
3. Age/Occupation:
4. Reference Number/Ticket Number
5. Phone Number:
6. Country:
7. Date of draw
 
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in
whatever choice you want to claim your prize. Precautionary measure to
avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program are in place.
Please be warned!!! To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary
agent and provide them with your winning email and details.
 
UK Lottery Fiduciary Agents:
Mr. David Wize
Physical Address: Block D, Hatfield Gardens
333 Grosvenor Street
Hatfield PRETORIA 0083
Postal Address: PO BOX 1556
BROOKLYN SQUARE SOUTH AFRICA PRETORIA 0075
Tel: +27 78838 6840
E-mail: daviswize@consultant.com
 
Yours Faithfully,
Judith Thompson. Online co-coordinator.
UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.
Copyright (c) 1994-2014 The UK Lottery International Promotion Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service -Guideline.

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