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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Claudia Luise" <integrataltd400@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: kurthans2005@eresmas.com
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 23:02:42 -0600
Subject: REF. NUMBER: DKL/710804/20/05

 
 The Union Jack        The Union Jack     
Integrata Stiftung
für humane Nutzung der Informationstechnologie
Schleifmühleweg 70
72070 Tübingen Germany

REF. NUMBER: DKL/710804/20/05
BATCH NUMBER: 20-8-20-05-INS
 
LUCKY NUMBER :  
 
The UK NATIONAL / INTEGRATA STIFTUNG, Tubingen Germany, a foundation for the
encouragement of human utilisation of information technology is conducting the
Dot.Kom Lottery to encourage the use of the internet and computer education worldwide.
 
We happily announce to you the draw (#1004) of the UK NATIONAL /INTEGRATA STIFTUNG LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday 20th of August, 2005. It is now available for claims and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as regards this.

Your email address attached to ticket number 20-8-20-05 with serial number 0296378 drew the lucky numbers -----,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 £500,000(five hundred Thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file REF. NUMBER: DKL/710804/20/05. This is from a total cash prize of £1.5 million, shared amongst the (3) lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 6 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 united Kingdom as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £500,000(five hundred thousand pounds sterling) will be released to you by any of our payment offices in United Kingdom.
 
CONGRATULATIONS!
To file for your claims please contact the designated claims agent below:
 
REV.KURT HANS,
PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPT.
BRIMHEATH CLIENTELE SERVICES LTD
ENGLAND
email :  kurthans2005@eresmas.com
All winning must be Claimed not later than DECEMBER 29th 2005, after this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.
 
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.co.uk/player/p/results/prizes/prizeAction.do
 
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications endeavour to quote your reference and batch numbers in all first correspondence.
 
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.
Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification.
 
Once again on behalf of all our staff,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
 
Sincerely,
 
Claudia Luise Schlecht
INFORMATION DEPARTMENT
 
NB: Please do reply to this mail if you have any problem, contact your claims' agent ASAP.
 
Also you are automatically disqualified if you are below 18years of age.
 
1.Please quote your Reference number in all correspondence with the claims officer.
2.Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or addresses.
3.Winners must send these informations:
 
1,YOUR FULLNAME:.............
2,YOUR SEX:.................
3,YOUR ADDRESS:..............
4,.YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER:.........
5,.YOUR FAX NUMBER:...............
6,.YOUR OCCUPATION:..............
7,.YOUR COMPANY'S NAME:...........
8,YOUR AGE:......................
9,.YOUR REF NUMBER:.............
10,COUNTRY........................
11,E-MAIL.........................
Date.................
And means of identification (international passport or drivers licence)to claim officer to process immediate payment of their prize.
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