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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: "richard k lloyd" <uklotteryclaims_3@msn.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 23:19:55 +0000
Subject: UKNATIONAL LOTTERY/ Sweepstakes International Promotions !!(XMAS BONUS)

Lotto

UK-NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS
HEADQUARTERS:
184 WESTINGFIELD DRIVE,S.W 4TH,
P.O.BOX 1010
LIVERPOOL.
Customer Service/ Foreign Claims Dept.
Ref: UK/04/20X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#352) of the  UKNATIONAL LOTTERY/ Sweepstakes International Promotions held on Wednesday 14th December, 2005.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 5647-5600-545-188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky number

Ball number 7 Ball number 9 Ball number 17 Ball number 22 Ball number 27Ball number 40 Bonus Ball number 41
BonusBall

which subsequently won you the lottery in the second category.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £ 313,770   (Three hundred and thirteen thousand,seven hundred and seventy pounds Sterling)in cash credited to file kTU/9023118308/03.This is from the total cash prize  of £1,882,620     shared among the six  (6) lucky winners in this category(i.e in the fifth category).All participants for the free online lotto version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a computerdraw system of individual and corporate organisations extracted from over 250,000  email addresses worldwide.This promotion takes place on a quarterly basis.Your lucky winning numbers falls within our Canadian booklet representative office in  the United Kingdom as indicated in your play coupon.

 In view of this, your £ 313,770 would be released to you by our Courier offices in Europe.To file for your claim,please contact the CourierCompany on our secure online email contact official:Mr.smith Perman(customer services/Logistic Department)
Email:gemcouriergroup@msn.com
with the information below:
NB: PLEASE COMPLETE FORM IN BLOCK LETTERS
(Form HLP)
 
REFERENCE NUMBER: UK/04/20X2/68
 
 
FULL NAME...............................................
 
 
COMPANY NAME: ..........................................
 
 
FULL ADDRESS:...........................................
 
SEX:.................................
 
AGE..................................
 
OCCUPATION...........................
 
TEL.......................FAX................. (If any)
 
COUNTRY...............................
 
 WINNING NUMBER...............
 
AMOUNT WON ...................
 
ANNUAL INCOME.............................................
 
E-MAIL..................................
 
INDICATE PREFERRED MODE OF PRIZE COLLECTION:
(A) CHEQUE
(B) DRAFT
(C)SELF

(D) TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER

IF BY TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER
(Details of the account where you want your funds transferred):
 
....................................................................................................................
 
 
 
..........................................................
 
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/ INDIVIDUAL:
 
 
.................................................................
 
 
 
.................................................................
 
 
 
Date...............................................................

Your winning certificate and all other relevant documents for payment accredditation will be prepared after proper authentication and verification of your claimsfile.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 measures to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program.Confirm the value of  your winnings online at the link below:
www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do

Congratulations once more and thanks for being part of our promotional  lottery program.
Sincerely yours ,
Sir Richard k.lloyd.
International Coordinator
U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY/SWEEPSTAKES INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS.

 
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