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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: john_wright@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 11:09:34 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?AWARD=20NOTIFICATION?=

Dear Sir/Madam.
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 (#356) of the UK
NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online
Sweepstakes international program held on june 24TH,2005.
Your
e-mail
address attached to ticket number:
56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky
numbers:
8-9-10-19-33-11 which ubsequently won you the lottery in
the 2nd
category
i.e Thunderball Jackpot. You have therefore been approved
to claim a
total
sum of £3.2(THREE MILLION AND TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS) in
cash credited
to
file KTU/9023118308/03. 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 presentative office in Europe as indicated in your
play coupon.
In
view of this, your 3,200,000(three million and two hunderd thousand pounds)
would
be
released to you by any of our payment
offices in Europe. To file for your claim, please contact
our fiduciary
agent: Mr GORDON BROWN
Email: gordonbrown@winning.com

Provide him with the information below:
1. Name
2. Address
3. Occupation
4. Marital status
5. Age
6. Country(Present Location)
7. Nationality
8. Telephone and Fax numbers.

That way your winnings certificate and all other relevant
documents/paperwork can be prepared for you. You would be
required to
show
an instrument of identification when cashing your
cheque.i.e.drivers
license or international passport. 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.
You can go to
our
online result site to confirm the value of your winnings
and also get a
prize b

www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do
http://www.lottery.merseyworld.com/
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Dough Heitinger.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes
International
Program.

N.B: Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your
Claims agent immediately.








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