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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: "BECKY ROONEY" <ukonlinegame@uknationalloteryzone.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 02:17:47 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!!ARE A WINNER


The National Lottery Logo  
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/04
Batch: R3/A312-59 
 
Dear Winner,

We happily announce to you the draw (#984) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International Program held on wednesday 3rd of august 2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:10.16.21.24.34.46. [30] Bonus Ball which subsequently won the Jackpot prize. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £2,500,000(Two million five hundread Thousand Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the
World Wide Web through a 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 £2,500,000 would be released to you by any of our
payment offices in Europe.
To file for your claim, please contact 
Flora Frank

Email:agentflora@uknationalloterygame.org

Who will direct you on how to claim your winnings
That way your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant
documents/paperwork can be prepared for you. You would be required to
show an instrument of identification when cashing your cheque i.e. Drivers
license or International passport.
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.
Good luck from me and members of staff of the U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY.


Yours faithfully,
(Mrs)Backy  Rooney
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.

The National Lottery Logo  

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