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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 LOTTERY PROMOTIONS" <uklotterypromotions@msn.com>
Reply-To: emily_jones2005@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 23:50:44 +0000
Subject: FROM:THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER



FROM:THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68, Batch: 074/05/ZY369
RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We happily announce to you the draw (#909) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on 5th of september
2005.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:02-10-30-36-37-43-29
(bonusNo.), 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
£1,500,000 (one million five hundred thousand great british pounds sterling)
in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize
of £10,500,000 shared amongst the first seven (7) 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 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 £1,500000 (one million five hundred thousand great
britain
pounds sterling) would 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 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. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary Agent:
MR.GEROGE JOHN
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
Maximum Security Trust & Ace Finance Int'
TEL:+44-704-0117-556
TEL.+44-703-1948-977
FAX: +44-87-1239-015
Email: agentgeorge_john2005@yahoo.co.uk
You can go to our online result site to confirm the Value of your
winnings and alsoget a prize
breakdown:-http://www.national-lottery.com/results.asp
Good luck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 25th of september 2005.
Please note,
in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, remember to quote your reference number and batch number
in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address
do inform our agent as soon as possible.
Once again congratulations.

Yours faithfully,
EMILY JONES
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program


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