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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" <uknationallottery@uklottcompany.com>
Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2005 00:01:29 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!(YOU HAVE WON 1,000,000 EUROS)

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
We happily announce to you the draw (#961) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on Monday 1ST of AUGUST,
2005.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:14-21-25-39-40-47(bonus no.20),
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus
bonus. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site
through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 individuals and
companies.The Lottery teams up with local companies and media partners to
promote Lottery products, and informs citizens on where the proceeds from
Lottery ticket sales go.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1,000,000 EURO(ONE
MILLION EURO) in cash. This is from a total cash prize of FIFTY THREE
MILLION EURO,shared amongst the first hundred (53) lucky winners in this
category.A statewide focus is taken on most large promotions, and the
Lottery works with local companies, such as Pepsi and IBM, in
"co-promotional"partnerships. These partnerships help each company introduce
new products to customers.
This promotion takes place annually. 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 measure to avoid double claiming
and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.
Please be warned.In view of this, your 1,000,000 EURO(ONE MILLION EURO)
would bereleased to you by our Security firm. To file for your claim, please
contact our fiduciary/Claims agent:
NAME: DAVID HOLT
EMAIL: agentdavidlotto@yahoo.co.uk
david_agent_uk@yahoo.co.uk
claims2yourlottowinning@hotmail.com
PHONE NUMBER:+447040110718
FAX:+447092860667
COMPANY NAME:Alpha-Consult Services
United Kingdom
Office Address: 20 Station Rd, West Hagley,
Stourbridge, West Midlands DY90NU.
United Kingdom
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are to contact David Holt
with following details below:
1. Your full names,telephone, contact address
2. quote your Ticket number in any correspondences with us or our designated
agent.
Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release
ofyour funds as soon as you contact him.
The Lottery is strongly committed to maintaining the privacy of personal
information that is athered from the use of its web site and web services.
The following statement discloses the Lottery's privacy policy and its
information gathering/dissemination practices.The Lottery will not release
personal information to third parties except where it is already provided by
law. Depending on the specific nature of the service, information may be
shared with other state agencies as stated in the Open Records Act.
This statute allows for the exchange of public records or sharing of
information between public agencies when the exchange is serving a
legitimate governmental need or is necessary in the performance of a
legitimate government function. E-mail addresses or other information that
is obtained as a result of interacting with the Colorado Lottery web site
will be used for the benefit of the Lottery and will not be sold to third
party companies except as required by the Open Records Act.
The Lottery will not share personal information with any private party,
except as required by the Open Records Act.
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.co.uk/player/p/results/unclaimedPrizes.jsp
Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Christine Walters(Mrs)
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your claims
agent with your full names,address ,telephone and fax numbers for processing
of your prize.This message and any attachment are confidential and may be
privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure If you are not the
intended recipient, please telephone or email the sender and delete this
message and any attachment from your system.If you are not the intended
recipient you must not copy this message or attachment or disclose the
contents to any other person.



Kindly note that this is not a spam email.Respond to this email for urgent
processing and remittance of your contract payment through our lotto agent's
address given above.


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