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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 National Lottery" <postmaster_coordinator@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 02:06:28 +0000
Subject: Re:Online Random Search!!!

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 (#1034) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online
Sweepstakes International program held today. Your e-mail address attached to
ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky
Numbers (04) (09) (10) (19) (24) (37)

 

(Bonus 28), 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 £1,500,000 (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:

 

DR.REX MCARTHY
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT MANAGER
ACE FINANCE LIMITED
UK
GREATER
LONDON
E113AA
LONDON
Tel: +44-703-1904-869
Fax: +44-709-2863-632
Email:
dr_rexmcarthyfinance@msn.com

 

You can go to our online result site to confirm the Value of your winnings
and also get a prize breakdown:

 

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 this notification.
Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember
to quote your reference number and batch numbers 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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