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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 lottery ." <winning@uknational-lottry.org>
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 15:41:47 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION.

THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
2,Monck Street,
London,
SW1P 2BQ,
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
FILE NO: KPC/9080118308/02
TICKET NO: 56475600545188
BATCH NUMBER:UKNL/08178/05IK

UKNL NOTIFICATION DESK


We happily announce to you the draw of the U.K National Lottery
International programs held on the 30th July 2005 in Croydon London. Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545188 with Serial number
5388/02 drew the lucky numbers: 04-17-21-23-33-09, which subsequently won
you the lottery in the 2nd category.You have therefore been approved to
claim a total sum of £725,000 british pounds in cash credited to file and
batch numbers KPC/9080118308/02,UKNL/08178/05.This is from a total cash
prize of £15,064,894(GBP) shared amongst the first ten (10) lucky winners
in this category. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within
our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in our
play coupon. In view of this, your £725,000 british pounds would be
released to you by our preferred payment center in London.Our agent will
immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as
soon as you contact him. All participants were selected randomly from World
Wide Website through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
companies.This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you
are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims
are processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem
fit to claim your prize. This is a part of our precautionary measure to
avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
unscrupulous elements.
PLEASE BE WARNED!!!!!
To file for your claim,Please contact our fiduciary agent with the below
details for processing of your claims.
AGENT:
Name : Mr. Louis Demps
Email : louisdemps@walla.com
Tel : +447031846831

U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY
NKL Direct developed a mathematical system that improves our players’
chances of winning one of the richest, tax free, lump sum lotteries in the
world - The UK National Lotto, which has had a jackpot prize as high as
£42,000,000 GBP (65,000,000 EUR).NKL’s e-Lottery system is already working
for thousands of members across the globe.Our results so far how 2474
syndicate wins and 121226 individual winnings payouts from just 229 Lotto
draws. Whether you have or never played a lottery before, or you are a
lottery expert, we have a system that is Simple -Convenient-Affordable - and
Fun! You have A Big Advantage.Playing by yourself with a single entry,
your odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 14 million. The good news is,
playing
the e-Lottery system dramatically increases your chances of scooping the
jackpot by 86% and you also have a 1 in 13 chance of winning any prize.You
only need 5 main numbers to
WIN the JACKPOT, when everybody else needs 6 main numbers.This is a huge
advantage!! To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote
your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our
designated agent.Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of
this program. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Sincerely,
Sir. Will Sanders
Zonal Co-ordinator
www.national-lottery.com



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