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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@onlineresultsnotification.net>
Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 04:03:32 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION (2005 UK LOTTERY)

The National Lottery
PO Box 1010
Liverpool
L70 1NL.

Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05
Batch: R3/A312-59

WINNING NOTIFICATION (2005 UK LOTTERY)
We happily announce to you the draw (#Draw 05/0009) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International Program held on Wednesday 24
August 2005.Your e-mail address gave you this lucky numbers: 1 40 43
44 48 49 2 which made you a possible winner and subsequently won you
one of the five Jackpot prizes.You have therefore been approved to
claim a total sum of TWO MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED POUNDS STERLING ONLINE (
£2,800,000.00 ) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from
a total cash prize of TWENTY ONE MILLION SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-NINE
THOUSAND AND NINETY-SIX POUNDS STERLING ONLY(£21,679,096 ), shared
amongst the NINETEEN (8) lucky winners in this category.

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 email addresses that
are listed online.That is where your email-address was gotten from and
made you a possible winner. 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 £2,800,000.00 would be released to you by any of our
payment offices in Europe. To avoid unnecessary delays and
complications,please quote your eference/batch numbers in any
correspondences with us or our designated agent.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

Thomas Brient
Email: thomasbrient@uk2.net
Tel:+44 703 194 5159

NOTE:
That the 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 licence 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. Congratulation from me and members of staff of
the U.K NATIONAL
LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Sir JONES DUTCHER.
Online Co-ordinator for U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes
International Program





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