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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: "promotion manager" <lotto@ukstake-promotions.org>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:26:43 +0000
Subject: CONGRATUTION!!!

UK-STAKETRUST PROMOTION
HEADQUARTERS:
184 WESTINGFIELD DRIVE,S.W 4TH,
P.O.BOX 1010, LIVERPOOL.
UNITED KINGDOM.

Customer Service/ Foreign Claims Dept.
Ref: UK/9410R2/03
Batch: 12/28/DM32
NATIONAL NOTICE!!
We happily announce to you the draw (#938) of the UK Stake draw/Promotions held at Westingfield drive Liverpool, Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 36475600545-187UK with Serial number 9318/14 drew the lucky numbers:18-06-20-14-64-11-05 which subsequently won you the lottery in the second category.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $300.000.00.0 (Three Hundred Thausand Dollars) in cash credited to file UKS/9023118308/03.This is from the total cash prize of US$9,200,000.00 shared among the sixteen (16) lucky winners in this category. All participants for the free online lotto version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a
>computer draw system of individual and corporate organisations extracted from over 250,000 email addresses worldwide. This promotion takes place on a quarterly basis. from
www.freelotto.com
Your lucky winning numbers falls within our Canadian booklet representative office in the United Kingdom as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your (US$300.000.00) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
To file for your claim, please contact the fiduciary agent on our secure online.
Name:mr.smith louis
Email:smith_infolottoagent@yahoo.com
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember, you must contact your claims agent within a week of recieving this notice.
NOTE: To avoid unnecessary delays and complications,remember to quote your reference and batch Numbers provided below in every one of your correspondence
with your claims agent.
Ref: UK/9410R2/03
Batch: 12/28/DM32
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotional draws.
Sincerely,
Sir Wilford Brown
THE PROMO COORDINATOR
UK-STAKETRUST PROMOTIONS

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