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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: "admin office" <adminoffice@stakepromoaward.org>
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 01:12:17 +0000
Subject: Congratulation....

NATIONAL STAKES LOTTERY
Support Center,Bevan House,51 Bevan Avenue
ConwyLL28 5AF,United Kingdom

REF: UKNL/26510460037/04
BATCH:24/00319/IPD
TICKET NUMBER:023-0148-790-459
LUCKY NUMBERS:09-11-21-39-40-46-35
Zonal Co-ordinator

Reply E-mail:nationalstakeslottery@stakepromoaward.org

ATTENTION: Sir/Madam
RE: LOTTERY RESULT

Weare pleased to inform you of the announcement of winners of the UK

NATIONAL LOTTERY, THE UNITED KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL
PROGRAMS held inCroydon,London.
You email address was attached to ticket number023-0148-790-459, with
serial number 5063-11 which drew lucky numbers09-11-21-39-40-46-35, and
consequently you won the lottery in the 2nd category star prize. You
have
therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out Of $3,000,000.00(Three
million united states dollars) credited to file REF NO.
UKNL/26510460037/04. This is from total prize money Of$30,000,000.00
shared among the ten International winners in this second category star

prize

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Websites
through computer drawn system and extractedfrom over 100,000 companies
as
part
of International Promotions Programme by using a hi-tech advanced email
address generator software with 99.99% efficiency, which is conducted
annually. your lucky winningnumber falls within our UK representative
office in London, in view ofthis, your $3,000,000.00 united states
dollars would be released to you by our preferred payment center in
London. Our fiducial/claims agentwill immediately commence the process

to facilitate the release ofyour funds as soon as you contact him. For
security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claimsis processed and your money remitted to
you.


For due processingof your prize Money, please remember to
quote your Reference, batchand ticket numbers in every one of your
Correspondences with youragent.

Furthermore, should there be any Change of your email address,do inform
your fiducial/claims agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you forbeing part of
our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,
PaulWhite
Zonal Co-ordinator
Reply Email:nationalstakeslottery@stakepromoaward.org


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