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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "forest tom" <forestomm7@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 00:23:28 +0000
Subject: Winning Offer!!

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
The National Lottery
P O Box 101
THE MARINA OFFICE,ST PETERS
YACHT BASIN, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE,
NE6 1HX ENGLAND
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UKNL/05/8256/53219/QE327, Batch: UKNL5/A115-07
RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

We happily announce to you the draw (#909) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on 8th of October 2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56-47-56-00-54-51-88 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 01-14-20-22-25-26-09
(bonus No.), 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 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,
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:

REV.NORLAN DAVIES
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT MANAGER
EWEEK SECURITY COMPANY UK
CRAWFORD LODGE 98A REDCLIFFE
GARDENS LONDON SW10 9HH, UK
FAX: +44-870-135-7986
Fax: +44-870-121-5580
Tel: +44-7040-125-189
Tel: +44-7040-125-186,Mobile: +44-7040-125-188
Email:norlan_davies@londoncenter.net

You can go to our online result site to confirm the Value of your winnings
and also get 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 two weeks of notice. 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,
MR FOREST TOM.
THE COORDINATOR,
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
THE MARINA OFFICE, ST PETERS
YACHT BASIN, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE,
NE6 1HX ENGLAND
Fax: +44-870-121-5589
Fax: +44-870-135-8048
Tel: +44-7040-125-187
Tel: +44-7040-125-193
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program


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