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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: "Mr.Valentine Johnson" <nationaluklottery@notificationtoallwinners.com>
Reply-To: claims_division_office@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 10:52:10 +0000
Subject: WINNING ALERTS!!!

  The National Lottery Logo

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
Bevan House,
51 Bevan Avenue
Conwy LL28 5AF,
United Kingdom.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: UKNL/26510460037/05
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD

AWARD NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement of winners of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,THE UNITED KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 30 of July 2005 in Croydon,London.
You email address was attached to ticket number 023-0148-790-459, with serial number 5063-11 drew The lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43, and consequently Won you the lottery inthe 2nd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay Of 1,000,000 British Pounds(GBP) in cash credited to file REF NO. UKNL/26510460037/05.
This is from total prize money Of 20,000,000.00 British Pounds(GBP) shared among the four International winners in this category. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Website through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies as part of International Promotions Program,which is conducted annually. 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 1,000,000.00 British Pounds(GBP) would be released to you by our preferred payment center in London.Our 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 by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned. This is part of our security protocol to avoid Double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants Of this program.

To file for your claim send your
(1).Name
(2).ticket numer
(3).REF NO
(4)BATCH NO.
(5).SERIAL NO.

TO:
Finance security assurance.
1 Angel Court,London
EC2R 7AE. 
Email:claims_division_office@hotmail.com

Tel: +44 (703)194-5513

Officer in charge..................Mr.Steve Howard UK NATIONAL LOTTERY For due processing and remittance of your prize Money,please remember to quote your Reference and batch numbers in every one of your Correspondences with your agent.Remember,all prize money must be claimed not later Than 13th of September 2005. After this date, all fundswill Be returned as unclaimed.
Furthermore, should there be any Change of your address; do inform your claims agent As soon as possible.Congratulations again from all our staff and thank You for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,
Mr.Valentine Johnson.

 

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