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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mac Chris" <unitedlottery@hotbrev.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 03:04:50 CET
Subject: APPLY FOR YOUR CLAIM

The U.K. National Lottery
12 Bridge Street,
Staines Middlesex TW18 4TP
United Kingdom.
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/04
Batch: R3/A312-59
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#894) of the UK
NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online
Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday
september 4th,2004.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
56475600545 188 with
Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky
numbers:1-3-11-16-23-36(22), which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category
i.e match 5 plus
bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum
of £1,448,478
(One
million,four hundred and Forty Eight Thousand and four
Hundred and
seventy-eight pounds sterling) in cash credited to
file
KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize shared amongst the
Ten (10) lucky
winners
in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.
All participants for the online version were selected
randomly from
World
Wide Web sites through computer draw system and
extracted from over
100,000
unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are
listed online. This
promotion takes place weekly.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls
within our European
booklet
representative office in Europe as indicated in your
play coupon. In
view
of this, your £1,448,478 (One million,four hundred and
Forty Eight
Thousand
and four Hundred and seventy-eight pounds sterling)
would be released
to you
by any of our payment offices
in Europe.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary
agent:
Mr. Luis A. Rivas
Email: agent_uk2004@yahoo.co.uk
Provide him with the information below:
1. Name
2. Address
3. Occupation
4. Marital status
5. Age
6. Telephone and Fax numbers.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your
winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your
money remitted to
you in
whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid
double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program.
PLEASE BE WARNED.
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Mac . B. Chris
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.

___________________________________________________
http://www.hotbrev.com - E-postadresser med attityd

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