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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: "NATIONAL LOTTERY UNITED KINGDOM" <nationallotterynatificationdept02@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 01:22:37 +0000
Subject: ATTENTION AND CONGRATULATIONS!!!

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)

Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369


AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#1032) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on saturday 12th november 2005
officially announce today 9th of January 2006.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545188 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 12-13-25-30-45-47(bonus ball no.42),
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 6.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,792,430(One
million,seven hundred and ninety two thousand,four hundred and thirty pounds
sterlings) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total
cash prize of £5,377,290 shared amongst the first three (3)jackpot lucky
winners in this category i.e Match 6.

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 which are
America,Africa, Asia, Australia,Europe, Middle East, and Oceania .This
promotion takes place weekly.Please note that your lucky winning number
falls within our europe booklet representative office in europe as indicated
in your play coupon.

In view of this,You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of You
have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,792,430(One
million,seven hundred and ninety two thousand,four hundred and thirty pounds
sterlings) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in europe.

Our europe agents will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact them.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:

MR MICHAEL LEXINGTON
Email:info_claimdepartment@excite.com
PHONE:+447024017646,+447031916860,+447031917074

For further clarification/verification of your claims, Please call on phone
number of our fiduciary agent stated in this notification e-mail.

The following details are required from you to file your winning,youare
advices to fill in the necessary information and should be sent to your
fiducairy agent.

FULL NAME:
HOME ADDRESS:
EMAIL ADDRESS:
AMOUNT WON:
DIRECT PHONE NO:
FAX NO:
NATIONALITY:
AGE:
SEX:
REF NUMBER:
BACTH NUMBER:

You are to send alongside with your option ,a medium of identification;
either your drivers license or international passport should be
attached.This should be carried out within the next 48 hours upon receipt of
the form via email attachment.

Please respond to this email by making a selection from the three options
below the best for your claims.Also be reminded that the deadline for the
claiming of winnings is exactly two weeks after the receipt of previous
email. After this period, your cash prize will be deemed to have been
forfeited by you and will be re-used in the drawings of the next edition of
the lottery.

OPTION ONE
CASH PICK UP

OPTION TWO
COURIER DELIVERY

OPTION THREE
SWIFT/TELEGRAPHIC BANK TRANSFER.

Goodluck and congratulation from all members of staff of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Queensley Smith.



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