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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: "brithish lottery" <uknational_lottery@2k5ukwinners.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 12:22:31 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

     The National Lottery Logo     
 
 
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/7430X2/64
Batch: 064/05/ZY365

                                                                 WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#998) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online sweepstakes International program held on Wed 16th Jul 05.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 46475607545187 with Serial number 4366/03 drew the lucky numbers: 02-03-21-24-38-44(bonus
no 47),which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.You have therefore been approved to claim a  sum of £234,547 (two hundred and thirty four thousand,five hundred and forty seven pounds sterling) in cash credited to file LTU/4023117308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £1,641,829 (One million six hundred and forty one thousand,eigth hundred and twenty nine pounds sterling) shared amongst nine (9) people.

  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,you have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £234,547 (two hundred and thirty four thousand,five hundred and forty seven pounds sterling) which would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.Our European agents will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your fund as soon as you contact them.
 
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential,until 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 : TOM SMITH
Email:  uklottery_payeeoffice@yahoo.co.uk
 
YOU CAN GO TO OUR ONLINE RESULT SITE TO VERIFY THE VALUE OF YOUR WINNINGS AND ALSO GET A PRIZE BREAKDOWN, AND PLEASE ENSURE YOU CHECK THE CORRECT DRAW NUMBER (#998)http://www.nationallottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do

Good luck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Sir. Richard K. Fletcher.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes Inter national Program

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