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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" <lotto_cordinator_37@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:41:58 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU ARE A LUCKY WINNER

 
   
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
13th February  2006.
               WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#1058) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on
13th February  2006.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 4-9-15-25-30-40
,which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category
match 42 plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £2,562,460
(two million,five hundred and sixty two thousand,four hundred and sixty  pounds sterling) in cash credited to
file KTU/9023118308/03, Ref: UK/9420X2/68, Batch: 074/05/ZY369
This is from a total cash prize of £9,862,000 shared amongst the first
four (4) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 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 Europe as indicated in your play
coupon.In view of this, your £2,562,460  (two million,five hundred and sixty two thousand,four hundred and sixty pounds sterling)
would be released to you by any of our payment offices in
Europe.
Our European agent will immediately commence theprocess 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. lawrence Springs
Email: uk_fastclaims@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +447031910268 (8am - 4pm) working hours.
Fax: +448700685871
You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your
winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-
http://www.lottery.merseyworld.com
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Richard K. Lloyd
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,
Sweepstakes International Program
+447031947438
Open 5 days 8am-4pm.
 
You must be 16 or over to play or claim a prize
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