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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: lotterywinning_coordinator@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 09:10:00 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?WINNING=20NOTIFICATION=21=21=21?=

LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
NATIONAL LOTTERY
SOUTH PARK BUSINESS CENTRE
310 GREEN LANE, ILFORD,
IG1 1XT, ESSEX.
UNITED KINGDOM.
(Customer Services)
PHONE: +44-704-011-3686
FAX : +44-870-130-3977
WEBSITE:(www.national-lottery.co.uk).
Your Ref: UK/8620X2/32
Your Batch: 072/10/DRW369
Serial number: 1245/22
lucky numbers: 06-08-18-33-43-49(bonus no.27)
file number: NW/3752671957/22

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#964) of the NATIONAL LOTTERY UK,
online promotional Sweepstakes International program held on SATURDAY
19TH OF MARCH,2005 Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
38392600-525-681 with Serial number 1245/22 drew the lucky numbers:
06-08-18-33-43-49(bonus no.27), which subsequently won you the
lottery in this category i.e match 5. You have therefore been
approved to claim a total sum of £47,768 (FOURTY-SEVEN THOUSAND, SEVEN
HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN) Great britain pounds
sterling) in cash credited to file NW/3752671957/22.
This is froms a total cash prize of £1,624,112 (ONE MILLION, SIX HUNDRED
AND TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED AND TWELVE) Great britain pounds sterling)

shared amongst the thirty-four (34) lucky winners
in this category i.e Match 5 .
All participants for the promotional online version were selected
randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and
extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and co-orporate
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 award
coupon. In view of this, your £1,624,112 (ONE MILLION, SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR
THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED AND TWELVE) Great britain pounds sterling is now
deposited with MAXIMUM TRUST INT SECURITY AND FINANCE BV insured
in your name and would be released to you by any of our payment
offices in Europe.Our European agent will immediately commence the
process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact
him.
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 un-warranted
abuse of this program. Please be warned. To file for your claim and
begin the processing of your wining, please contact your fiduciary
agent,
Mr Christopher Hamilton via mail: mrchrishamilton@uk2.net not later than

31ST March, 2005.
Sincerely,
Frank Riley,
LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
NATIONAL LOTTERY UK.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact
your claims agent.(TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY).

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