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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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Please note about this email:

Fraud email example:

From: "uk lottery" <infonotificationwinnerslottery@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 02:45:07 +0000
Subject: LUCKY WINNER , CONTACT YOUR AGENT :

U.K National Lottery On-Line 

  REPLY  TO :   AGENT_CHRISTYBLANKETT022@YAHOO.CO.UK                                               
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010 Liverpool,
L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

:WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you that you are a winner of the draw (#1022) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday 22/10/2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:Lotto Ball number 1Lotto Ball number 14Lotto Ball number 20Lotto Ball number 22Lotto Ball number 25Lotto Ball number 26(bonus noLotto Bonus Ball number 9.), 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   £3,987,470(
Three Million Nine Hundred and Eight Seven Thousand,Four Hundred and Seventy Pounds Sterlings) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £125 Million pounds,shared amongst the first Fifty (50) lucky winners in this categoryi.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  £3,987,470(
Three Million Nine Hundred and Eight Seven Thousand,Four Hundred and Seventy Pounds Sterlings) 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 uk online fiduciary agent:
Mr; Christian Blankett with your full name and draw number(i.e #1012)
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,

Stella MARIS 
Online coordinator for
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
Phone :+44-703-191-0452
 
KINDLY FILL THIS PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM.THIS WILL ENABLE US TO FILE YOUR CLAIMS FOR THE PAYMENT OF YOUR WINNING FUNDS.
 
 PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM

1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________

2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________

____________________________________________

3.SEX:_______________

4.AGE:________


5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________

6.OCCUPATION:________________________

7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________

8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________


9.BATCH NUMBER:____________________ B. REF NUMBER:______________

10.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL___________

11.AMOUNT WON:___________________________________

___________________________________________


12. COUNTRY________________________________

 
The National Lottery Logo
  U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY  Member Services
Sweepstakes International Program.
You must be 16 or over   to play or claim a prize
Please do not reply to this e-mail, because this is an unmonitored alias.
 If you have general questions regarding your winnings please contact the fiduciary agent at the lower left corner for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY comprehensive online help.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and prohibited from unauthorized disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.    

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