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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: nationalstakesuk005@handbag.com
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 18:12:45 +0100
Subject: NOTIFICATION!

...............
The National Lottery
P O Box 17 Liverpool, L70
1NL UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9421X2/68 Batch: 074/05/ZY368

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#979) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online
Sweepstakes International program held on Monday 27th July 2005. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number: 56475600545188
with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: {Bonus no } which subsequently
won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 5 plus bonus. You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £53,888(fifty-three
thousand, eight hundred and eighty eight pound sterling) in cash credited
to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £969,984 shared
amongst the (18)lucky
winners in this category i.e. Match 5 plus bonus. 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 your £53,888(fifty three thousand, eight hundred and eighty
Eight pound sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment offices
in Europe.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him. 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. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent: Mrs. Gladys Parker,
Email: gladysparker@handbag.com
Congratulations! From me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Mr. R. K. Lloyds
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International
Program



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