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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 NATIONAL ONLINE LOTTERY GAMING" <onlineuklottery@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 23:57:20 +0000
Subject: YOU HAVE WON!!!

THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#995) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on wed 6th july, 2005 Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number
5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:03-12-17-36-44-49, which subsequently won you
the lottery in the 1st category i.e Match 6.You have therefore been approved
to claim a total sum of £9,476,995{Great Britain pounds sterlings) in cash
credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of
£9,476,995{Great Britain pounds sterlings} hared amongst the {1} lucky
winners in this category i.e Match 6. 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
representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of
this, your £9,476,995{Great Britain pounds
sterlings) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
Our European agent will immediately

commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you
contact him.

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.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary
agent: Mrs. Jessica Williams
Email: jessica_williams05@msn.com

You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your winnings
and also get a prize breakdown:-
www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Richard K. Lloyd.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program


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