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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: "new mexico" <info@newmexico-2005.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 01:25:02 +0000
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF WINNING

NOTE:SEND ALL MESSAGES TO LOTTERY_WINNERZONE1@37.COM
<mailto:LOTTERY_WINNERZONE1@37.COM> AND CALL HER TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING AS
DIRECTED BELOW.

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)

Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369


WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#942) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on Wednesday 1st of march,
2005. It is yet to be unclaimed and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION
as regards this.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:
4-6-9-12-15-40 (bonus no.25), 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 £3,987,470 (Three
million nine hundred and eighty seven thousand,four hundred and seventy
pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a
total cash prize of £15,949,880 shared amongst the(4)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 £3,987,470 (Three million nine hundred and eighty seven
thousand,four hundred and seventy pounds sterling)will 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 her.
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 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.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
MRS CHRISTY BLANKETT
Tel: 44 703 194 8363
Fax: 44 709 286 1055

Official Email: LOTTERY_WINNERZONE1@37.COM
Endeavour to email/fax her your full names,winning numbers,telephone and fax
numbers immediately.

You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your winnings
and also get a prize breakdown:-

<http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/unclaimedPrizes.jsp>

Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Stella Ellis(Mrs)
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.



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