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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: "JOX WHITE" <uknloffice11@msn.com>
Reply-To: fiduciaryoffice@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 14:07:52 +0000
Subject: LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION

The National Lottery Logo
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Support Centre
Bevan House
51 Bevan Avenue
London, United Kingdom
30th January, 2006

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
REF: UNL/26510460037/02
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD
ATTENTION: Sir/Madam
               RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We happily announce to you the draw (#1020) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday 29th,
January, 2006.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 023-0148-790-459 with
Serial number 5073-11 drew the lucky numbers:
04 06 31 42 46 47
bonus ball 11
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e match 6.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of  £2,767,607.00
(two million,seven hundred and sixty seven thousand,six hundred and seven pounds sterling) in cash credited to file REF NO. UNL/26510460037/02.
This is from a total cash prize of  £5,535,214.00 shared amongst the first 
two (2) lucky winners in this category. Draw 1020 Saturday 29th January,2006.
Jackpot £5,535,214.00
NUMBER OF MATCHES No OF WINNERS £s PER WINNER TOTAL
Match 6    2     £2,767,607     £5,535,214
Match 5 plus bonus    7     £243,306     £1,703,142
Match 5     381     £2,793   £1,064,133
Match 4     26475    £88     £2,329,800
Match 3    561913     £10    £5,619,130
Additional Information
Jackpot winner(s) 2 Machine used for draw MOONSTONE
Winners by Lucky Dip 216277 Ball set used 7
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 £2,767,607.00 (two million,seven hundred and sixty seven thousand,six hundred and seven 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 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;
 
Mr. Andrew Gordon Furness
Email: fiduciaryoffice@hotmail.com

 
For due processing and remittance of your prize
money, please remember to quote your
reference and batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with your agent.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later
than 25th January, 2006. After this date, all funds will
be returned as unclaimed.
Furthermore, should there be any
change of your address,do inform your claims agent
as soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank
you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Sincerely,
Jox White
Zonal Co-ordinator
You must be 16 or over to play or claim a prize
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