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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: "UK National Lottery" <uknationallottery@ukgovernmentonline.net>
Reply-To: agentlawfisher@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:32:01 +0000
Subject: lottery Results

 The National Lottery Logo
 
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services) 

Ref:UK/9420X2/68 
Batch:074/05/ZY369

Date:25th August, 2005                                       

                        WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (K966) of THE NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held 25th August 2005.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with  Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 04 06 33 38 41 02 Bonus Ball which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.ematch5 plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £5,705,189(Five million, seven hundred and five thousand,one hundred and eighty nine Great British Pounds only) in cash credited to file  KTU/9023118308/03.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from  WorldWide 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 £5,705,189(Five million, seven hundred and five thousand,one hundred and eighty nine Great British Pounds only) 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 while your claim 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 claims agent:

Mr.Lawrence Fisher
Email:lawfisher@hotmail.com
Tel:+44 703 190 5093

Goodluck from me and members of staff of THE NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,

Thomas Graham 
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY,
Sweepstakes International Program.
Open 7 days 8am-8pm

You must be 16 or over to play or claim a prize

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