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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: "dwine nicholas" <dwineuk@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 07:31:49 -0500
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION


National Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service
an Affiliate of watergate inc.
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON.LONDON
Ref: EAASL/941OYI/02
Batch: 12/25/DC34

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of the National Sweepstake Lottery
International programs held on the 25th day of July 2005 in London.Your
Name and e-mail address attached to ticket number: 564 75600545188
with Serial number 5388/02 drew the lucky numbers:31-6-26-13-35-7,which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.You are therefore,
been approved to claim a total sum of ¸5,500,000.00(five Million Five
Hundred Thousand Pound) in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02.This is
from a total cash prize of ¸125 Million pound.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon. In
view of this, your ¸5,500,000.00(Five Million Five Hundred Thousand
Pound)would be released to you by our affiliate bank in London.Our agent
will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your
funds to you as soon as you make contact with him . All participants were
selected randomly from World Wide Web site through 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
processedand your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to
claim your prize. This is a part of our precautionary measure to avoid
doubleclaiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous
elements. Please be warned.To file for your claim, please contact The
Officerincharge with the below details for processing of your claims.

OFFICER:MR FRANK LAMPARD FINANCIAL DIRECTOR UK LOTTERY
EMAIL:franklampard@london.com

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated
agent.Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this
program.Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,
Dwine Nicholas
Coordinator



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