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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: "lioyd cray" <laioyd@ukwiningonlinedraw.org>
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 02:01:48 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

The National Lottery Logo
 

The National Lottery
P.O.Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
uknationalotto@worldgame-ukonlinedraws.org
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
9th July, 2005.
                                                    WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (# 986 ) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,Online
Sweepstakes International Program held on Saturday 9th July, 2005.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number : 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 38-14-02-15-08, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e Match 6 prize.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £ 980,846
(Nine hundred and eighty thousand, eight hundred and forty six pound
sterlings) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash
prize of £ 4,904,230 shared amongst the first five (5) 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 bi-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 £ 980,846 (Nine hundred and eighty thousand, eight hundred
and forty six pound 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 claim 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:
MR. MARK FINLEY
Tel. Number: + 44 703 194 8733
E-mail: markfinley@mail2world.com
You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your
winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-
http://www.national-lottery.com/results.asp
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Richard K. Lloyd
richie_lloyd@worldgame-ukonlinedraws.org
+44 703 194 1486
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
Sweepstakes International Program.
Open 24hrs-7 days-365days
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

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