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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: prestigious_ukpromo@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 11:47:07 +0100
Subject: PRESTIGIOUS LOTTO (WINNING NOTIFICATION)CONGRATULATIONS

PRESTIGIOUS LOTTERY U.K
73 BELGRAVE ROAD
LONDON
ENGLAND
SW1V 2BB
UNITED KINGDOM
Customer Service/ Foreign Claims Dept.
Ref: PL44125645
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#942) of the
PRESTIGIOUS LOTTERY U.K International Promotions held
on 24th of April 2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
5647-5600-545-188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the
lucky numbers:04-06-09-12-15-40-25 which subsequently
won you the lottery in the second category.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum
of £4,800,000.00 (Four million eight hundred thousand
pounds sterling) in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03.

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.
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
£4,800,000.00 would be released to you by any of our
payment offices in Europe.To file for your claim,
please contact the FOREIGN DEPARTMENT MANAGER
WORLD WIDE CASH CHANGE LTD
Contact Official:Mr.Mark Terry
Email:markterry@seeqmail.com,mark_terry02@yahoo.com
with the information below:

*name :
*tel no:
*fax no:
*reference no:
*batch no:?

Your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant
documents for payment accredditation will be prepared
after proper authentication and verification of your
claims file.
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 measures to avoid double claims
and unwarranted abuse of this program.

Confirm the value of your winnings online at the link
below:www.prestigiouslotteryuk.com
Congratulations once more and thanks for being part of
our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely yours,

Mr. Gary Blackwell.

International Coordinator,

PRESTIGIOUS LOTTERY U.K.



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