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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: "NATIONAL UK ONLINE LOTTERY" <winning_notification@ukonlinepromoworld.com>
Reply-To: catergre@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 02:21:01 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!


                                       

                   UK LOTTERY PROMOTION BOARD
                                       ONLINE VERSION   
                         CATEGORY A                        
                         PO Box 275. London, L30 1BL

                      ONLINE WINNERS NOTIFICATION

The United Kingdom Lottery Promotions Board wishes to inform you of the quarterly draws

and results of the 2005 International online version. Prospective winners and participants in this

category are identified by their email addresses, selected through a computer ballot system

and extracted from websites of corporate bodies, guestbook entries, individual email account

domains, unions and associations listed online. No tickets were sold in this category.

 

The computer ballot system randomly selected and attached your email address to the winning

numbers  Ball number 4Ball number 7Ball number 26Ball number 41Ball number 42Ball number 49 and bonus ball Bonus Ball number 37. You have therefore been

approved by the Lottery Executive Committee to claim a total sum of £450,000 {four hundred

and fifty thousand Pound sterling}together with a category A Lottery Payment - Treasury

Certificate. For more information pertaining results online, click on this link

http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.

 

All Lottery winnings must be claimed not later than 31 days after acknowledgement via

email. Prize money unclaimed after the expiration of this date will be returned to the Lottery

Treasury Department and included in the next draws. For more information on claims

process pertinent to the award of your Lottery winnings, contact our contracted Fiduciary

agent:

 

Mark Greetham

Claims/ Verification Department

Email: verification@ukpromotionworld.net

 

Congratulations on behalf of our staff and Lottery Executive Committee.

 

Sincerly,

Howard M. Smith

Lottery Coordinator







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