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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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Please note about this email:

Fraud email example:

From: Zoom Paul <ukstake_lottodept@universal-staketrust.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 08:23:58 +0000
Subject: [Shaw Suspected Junk Email] CONGRATULATIONS

UNIVERSAL TRUST WORLDWIDE
GLOBAL FINANCIAL SER.INTERNATIONAL STRAKE LOTTERY.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.(UK)
BATCH NO;12/25/Dc34
TICKET NO;564 75600545-286
SERIAL NO;533B/02
WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery WinnersInternational rograms held on the 1st of june , 2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 564 75600545-286 with serial number 533B/02 drew lucky numbers 8-16-18-23-31-45 which consequently won in the 2nd category, you are therefore been approved for a sum of 2.5,000000.00 US dollars.
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information very confidential till your claims has been processed and your
prize/money Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 2,000,000.00 company and 300,000 individual email addresses and names from
all over the world. This promotional program takes place annually. We hope with part of your winning you will take part in our next year USD, 4 million ( four Million United States dollars)international lottery.

To file for your claim,please contact our appionted,ADVOCATE JAMES WILLIES who has been appointed by the lottary organisation to file all necessary documents
ragarding your winning claim to your nominated account.
please contact our appointed Via email:
JAMES WILLIES
INFO_CLAIM@EXCITE.COM
you can call
+447031941118
+447031941220
+447031941223
Payments to all the winners before the deadline which is July 31 ,2005. please send to our apointed advocate your fax number and your telephone number so that they can send you the necessary reqiurements for your claim to fasting the transfer of your winnings to you the Beneficiary.
Note that all winning must be claimed not later than July 31, 2005. After this date all unclaimed funds will be fulfited.
Please note,in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.
Furthermore,should there be any change of address do inform our advocate as soon as possible. Congratulations once again from our members of staff and thank you for
being part of our promotional program."Good Luck"
Sincerely yours,
Dr. Zoom Paul
Lottery Coordinator

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