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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: "UK LOTTERY" <uklotterypromotions@uknational-overseas-home.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 00:21:00 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Tel: +44 703 194 9930


FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:

Dear Lucky Winner,

RE: BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING
NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to notify you the draw (#915) of the UK
NATIONAL
LOTTERY,
Online Sweepstakes International Lottery Program held
on 22 April 05,
2005.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from
a
pool of over 25,000 names of distinguished
professionals drawn from
Europe,
America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East,
parts of Africa,
and
North & South America as part of our international
promotions programme
conducted annually to encourage prospective overseas
entries. We hope
with
part of your prize awards, you will take part in our
subsequent lottery
jackpots.
The result of our computer draw (#915) selected your
name and email
address
attached to e-ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02
drew
the lucky numbers: 04-14-23-31-35-41(bonus no.24),
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 £76,000,00
(Seventy
Six Thousand Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file

KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of
£456,000,00 shared
amongst the first Six (6) lucky winners in this
category i.e. Match 5
plus
bonus.
Your prize award has been insured in your name and is
ready for claims.
To
begin your claims therefore, you are advised to
expeditiously contact
our
licensed and accredited claim agent for Overseas
Lottery Winners within
a
period of 21 days (date of this email inclusive) for
the processing of
your
winning and remittance to your designated bank account
after all
statutory
obligations have been satisfactorily dispensed with.

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
£76,000,00
(Seventy Six
Thousand Pounds Sterling) would be released to you by
any of our
payment
offices in Europe.
Please be informed that claims not processed within
the stipulated
period
may be forfeited to the pool without further notice.

Our European agent will immediately commence the
process to facilitate
the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him. You
may wish to
establish
contact via e-mail with the particulars presented
below citing the
batch and
reference numbers to this letter between the hours of
8.00am - 7.30pm
on
Monday through Friday

Overseas Claims Unit
United Kingdom Lottery Fiduciary
Contact Person: Mr. Mark Donald
Email:mark_uklottery@yahoo.co.uk

Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of
confidentiality, and
press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and
beyond where they so
desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest
level of
confidentiality until the end of proceedings to
circumvent problems
associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our
precautionary
measure
to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program.


At your disposal, we remain.
Very Truly Yours,

Lillian Giggs

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 703 194 9930

Important Notice: Your Email address and winning
information were
provided
by INTERNET AND EMAIL CENSORS ASSOCIATION The United
Kingdom Lottery
accepts
no blame for any unwarranted use of email addresses,
therefore all
blames,
complains should be directed to the INTERNET AND EMAIL
CENSORS
ASSOCIATION.
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Tel: +44 703 194 9930



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