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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: "Jeffrey Rice" <jeffreyrice231@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: uknationalfudiciary@zensearch.com
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 18:15:13 -0400
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS,
28 TANFIELD ROAD, CROYDON.LONDON.
Ref: KPC/9080118309/03/TCA
Draw No: 05/1012


Attention;

We happily bring to your notice the results of the UK National Lottery
International programs held on the 3rd September, 2005 in London .
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 564 75600545 190 with
Serial number: 5390/13 drew the lucky numbers: 14 - 26 - 34 - 35 - 36
-
45 - 32, which subsequently won you a prize in the 2nd category. You
have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$ 567,798.19 (Five
Hundred and Sixty-Seven Thousand, Seven Hundred and Ninety -Eight
United
States Dollars and Nineteen cent) in cash credited to file
KPC/9022810309/05/TCA.

This prize is from a total cash prize of &#8356; 5,100,000 shared amongst
the first Five (5) lucky winners in this grand category "B". This year
Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for British Lottery. The
estimated &#8356; 5,100,000 jackpot would be the seventh-biggest in U.K.
history. The biggest was the USD 363 Million jackpots that were shared
between two winners in the January 2004 draw of The Big Game Mega
Millions' predecessor.

All participants were selected randomly from various websites on 'The
World Wide Web, www' through a computer draw system and extracted from
over 100,000 companies. This promotion takes place annually. For
security
reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential
till your claims is processed and your prize remitted to you as
required
in this grand category "B" terms and conditions of claims.

This is a part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming
and
unwarranted abuse of this program by non winners. Please note that,
your
lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative
office in London as indicated in our play coupon. In view of this, your
US$ 567,798.19 (Five Hundred and Sixty-Seven Thousand, Seven Hundred
and
Ninety -Eight United States Dollars and Nineteen cent) prize would be
transferred to your designated Bank account. Our approved agent, The
Trans
Atlantic Company will immediately commence on processing your claims,
to
facilitate the release of our prize to you as soon as you make contact
with them.

Please be advised as follows: To file for your claim, kindly contact
our
fiduciary agent with the below details for processing your claims:

Name: Mr. Jeffrey Rice.

E-mail: (uknationalfudiciary@zensearch.com) Foreign Manager,
Payment and Release order Department, Trans Atlantic S.A London, United
Kingdom.

Note that, all claims processes and clearance procedures must be duly
completed early to avoid impersonation and or double claiming. To
avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
reference/draw numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated
agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program.
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Faith Nuham
Lottery Co-ordinator.
Tel:+44-703-190-7351
FAX NO/+44-870-129-9820
For: The UK National/ International Promotion's.

N.B please confirm your winning from our central lottery link
http://www.thelotter.com/Results_.asp?Lottery=24 with your
Draw number: 05/1012


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