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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: "von amen" <rainbowlottopool@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 09:11:53 +0000
Subject: RAINBOW AWARD

The Marina Offices,
The Uk National Rainbow Lottery
P O Box 2020
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/2010-968091/03
Batch: 54/010/IPD
Fax: +44 7040-1139-45
FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:
WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw (#988) of the UK NATIONAL RAINBOW
LOTTERY, online
Sweepstakes International program held on Friday 9th September 2005. It is
yet to be unclaimed and
you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as regards this.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:20675543256-786 with Serial
number 3765-75 drew
the lucky numbers:7-12-18-24-32-45 (bonus no.31), which subsequently won
you the lottery in the
2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,000,000 (One
Million Pounds
Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of £456,000,00 shared amongst
the(6)lucky winners in this
category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World
Wide 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
£1,000,000 (One
Million Pounds Sterling) will 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 her.For security reasons, you are advised to keep
your winning information
confidential till 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 fiduciary agent:
Overseas Claims Unit
United Kingdom Lottery Fiduciary
Contact Person: Mrs.Von Amen
Email:info_rainbow@katamail.com or amici1000@rediffmail.com

Endeavour to email her the following :
Full names:
winning numbers:
Email address:

Age:
Country:
Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and
press anonymity until the
end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to
maintain the strictest
level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems
associated with
fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double
claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
At your disposal, we remain.
Very Truly Yours,
Andy Baker

The uk National Rainbow Lottery
P O Box 2020
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
TEL :+44 704 0-11-3945


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