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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: "UK Lottery" <uk106lottery@msn.com>
Reply-To: michealsheppard21@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:38:40 +0000
Subject: !!!CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A LUCKY WINNER!!!

The National Lottery Logo                                                                                           
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010

Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
 U.K National Lottery On-Line
                                                    WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#1035) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on Wednesday 23rd November 2005.
Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from a pool of over 25,000 names and e-mail addresses of distinguished professionals drawn from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, parts of Africa, and North & South America as part of our international promotions programme conducted weekly to encourage prospective overseas entries. We hope with part of your prize awards, you will take part in our subsequent lottery jackpots.
The result of our computer draw (#988) selected your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 14-33-36-39-42-46(bonus no.13), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category (match 5 plus bonus).
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of  245.419(TWO HUNDRED AND FOURTY FIVE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETEEN POUNDS STERLINGS) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of 981,676 shared amongst the Four(4) lucky winners in the 2nd category.


NUMBER OF MATCHES     No OF WINNERS      ?s PER WINNER          TOTAL

   Match  6                                       0                      3,190,447   ?3,190,447
 
  Match 5 plus bonus           4                         245,419            981,676
  
 Match 5                                    268                                  2,289  613,452
 
   Match 4                                      13898                             97                        1348,106
Match 3                                  262669                10         2626690
Totals                                        276893                                                              2,626,690
 
                                                  Lotto
Additional Information:
Jackpot winner(s) 0
Machine used for Draw AMETHYST
Winners by Lucky Dip 114991
Ball set used 1
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.
Your prize award has been insured in your name and is ready for claims. To begin your claims therefore, you are advised to expeditiously contact our licensed and accredited claim agent for Overseas Lottery Winners within a period of 21 days (date of this email inclusive) for the processing of your winning and remittance to you after all statutory obligations have been satisfactorily dispensed with.
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 245.419(TWO HUNDRED AND FOURTY FIVE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETEEN POUNDS STERLINGS)  would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
Please be informed that claims not processed within the stipulated period may be forfeited to the pool without further notice.
Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds to you.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim 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:
Overseas Claims Unit
United Kingdom Lottery Fiduciary
MR MICHEAL  SHEPPARD
Emails;michealsheppard21@yahoo.co.uk
phone;+447023059812
fax;+447075055660
You can go to our online result site to confirm the
value of your
winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-
www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
At your disposal, we remain.
Very Truly Yours,
Brian Hunt
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
Sweepstakes International Program.
Open 7 days 8am-11pm.
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VERIFICATION AND FUND RELEASE FORM
The National Lottery Logo                                                                 

ATTN: ONCE AGAIN THE WHOLE OF THE NATIONAL UK LOTTERY STAFFS ARE CONGRATULATING YOU,  SO PLEASE GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH  THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIONS TO ENABLE US FILE YOUR CLAIMS. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR CLAIMS WAS PICKED BY RANDOM SEARCH OF EMAILS AND YOU WERE FIXED AT THE DRAW WHICH YOU CAME OUT SUCESSFULLY THAT IS WHY YOU WERE NOTED SO PLEASE FILL OUT THE INFORMATION BELOW SO THAT WE  PROCEED WITH YOUR CLAIMS.

1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________

2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________

____________________________________________

3.SEX:_______________

4.AGE:________


5MARITAL 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________________________________

Upon receipt of the duly requested data, I will send you the contact information of the payment office so you can proceed with effecting the release of your claim in anyway you deem fit.

Warm Regards,

MICHEAL  SHEPPARD(MR)
You must be 16 or over to play or claim a prize
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