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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: "greg edward" <ukspainlotto27@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: releasingofficer@ny.com
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 20:06:21 -0900
Subject: UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY NOTIFICATION




UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY NOTIFICATION.

(Customer Services)
3b Olympic Way,
Sexton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool, L30 1RD
UNITED KINGDOM
Batch: 12/25/0340
Ref: BIL/101OXI/02


We happily announce to you the draw (#989) of the BRITISH INTERNATIONAL
LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on 3RD FEB 2006.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545188 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: (13)-(43)-(06)-(15)-(02)-(40)bonus #
(09).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 no
KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of £2,000,000.00 shared amongst the first
four lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World
Wide Web through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This
promotion takes place bianually.
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 £500,000 (five hundred thousand poundssterling) would be
released to you by any of our Affiliate courier department.Our agent will
immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as
soon as you contact him/her.
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 :

MGlobal Winning co-ordinator.
LOTTERY PAYMENT APPLICATION FORM
(To be completed by lottery winners only)
Ticket Number: ........................

Reference Number: ....................

Batch Number: ........................

First Name: .........................

Last Name: ..........................

Home Address: ......................

Town/City: .............................

Post Code: ...........................

Country: ...............................

Telephone : ...........................

Mobile: .....................................


Fax (...............................
Email Address: ...............................

Date of Birth: ..................................

Occupation: ....................................

Marital Status: ..................................


preferred mode of payment{certified cheque or bank wire}

Signature-------------------------------------------------------------

I............................hereby declare that the above information are
true and binding on me. If at any time it is discovered that I have given
false information, I will forfeit my rights to my winnings.
That way your winnings certificate and all other relevant
documents/paperwork can be prepared for you.

Please contact the under listed claims officer via email and/or phone as
soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings:

DMr JOHN fowler Chief financial Director
PHONE:+447031902374, +447031916851


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