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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: "HARIET BOOKER" <uktrustlotto@universaltrustpromo.org>
Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 15:03:57 +0000
Subject: Uk National Lottery

Uk National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
UK Lottery International
An Affiliate of Prime International
Arena Complex,Storey's Gate, London
I.P.P Award Dept

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,
of winners of the International UK Lottery were our
winners were listed. You / your company, attached to ticket number
564-75600545-288,
with serial number 56475600545188 drew the lucky
numbers37-13-34-85-56-42, and consequently won in category C (third
category).
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
US$2,500,000.00 in cash credited to file REF NO. REF:
PLI/4080318306/04.
This is from total prize money of US$15,000,000.00 shared among the six(6)
international winners in the category B. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
30,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Asia, Europe,USA and
North America as part our International Promotions Program, which is
conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with a Finance and Security House and
insured in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we
ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim
has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of
our security protocol to avoid double claiming. We hope with a part of
you prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes
US$1.3 billion International lotto.
To begin your claim, please contact your claims officer immediately:
UK Lottery claims department.

Contact Person:Mr Johnponfa,
Email: (1) agentjohnponfa@excite.com

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice. Remember, you must contact your claims officer
not later than 1 (one) month after this date, all funds will be
returned as unclaimed. All correspondences to Mr. johnponfa by email, should
have this email sent along with it and also, your email address to
which this email is sent, should be clearly and boldly written in your
response.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference number in every one of your
correspondences with your officer. Furthermore, should there be any
change of your address, do inform your claims officer as soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.
Yours Sincerely,
The Director Promotions
UK Lottery International


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