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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: "Union Promo Lottery UK. Ltd" <unionlotteriesuk@yahoo.com.au> (may be fake)
Reply-To: unionlotteryuk@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 19:12:08 +0100
Subject: LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION

FROM: The Management of:
Union Promo Lottery UK. Ltd
REF: ULUK7/4318/05
BATCH: 18/168/UL/UK/05


We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International Promotion held on the 02/07/2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: UL-23133 with serial number: UL00196293, batch number: 18/168/UL/UK/05, lottery ref number: ULUK7/4318/05 and drew lucky numbers: 841-0073-773 which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of €2, 500,000.00 (Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand EUROS).

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims have been processed and your money paid 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 from over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all major International Clubs and humanitarian workers, Human Right Groups and non-governmental organisation all over the world.

This promotional program takes place every year and it was promoted and sponsored by Europe Continental Business Network; manufacturers and sales of Computers and Networking Systems. We hope with your winning, you will be able to take part in the subsequent entry next year, 2006 Union Lottery Promotions. To file for your claim, you are advised to contact our paying/Fiduciary agent:

Mr. Peter Swann
Guardian Investments Ltd (GIL)
Tel: +44- 70-3184-7828
Fax: +44-70-9286-7719
Email: pit_swann@yahoo.co.uk or peterswann@london.com

Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 31st August 2005. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next Stake. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once more from the staffs and managements of Union Lottery UK. Ltd; and we also thank you for being part of our promotional program. Note: This lottery is for non UK residents only, if you are resident in the UK and you receive this notification please kindly delete the email.

Yours Sincerely,
Duncan Roos
Tel: +44-774-9601507
Fax: +44-870-8317297
Email: unionlotteryuk@yahoo.co.uk







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