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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: "uknationallottery006" <uknationallottery006@mail.catholicexchange.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 20:11:00 -0600
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

UK-LOTTO Headquarters:
United Kingdom
Customer Service
Ref: UK/00002/YH/68
Batch #: 032/11/369

WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw (# 1234) of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY online Sweepstakes International program
held on wednesday, 29th of march, 2006 in MANCHESTER
UNITED-KINGDOM.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: UK/000056389
with Serial number 4398/05 drew the lucky
numbers:(12,13,25,30,45,47) and the bonus number (42) you
the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5. You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £450,318 (
Four Hundred and FiftyThousand Three Hundred and Eighteen
British pounds sterling) in cash, credited to file
UK/YH/5674325/05. This is from a total cash prize of
£1,350,954 shared amongst the three (3) lucky winners in
this category.
All participants for this 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 particular
promotion sponsored by Yahoo! Inc. takes place monthly.
Please note that your lucky winning numbers falls within our
European booklet representative office in Europe as
indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your
£450,318 GBP ( Four Hundred and FiftyThousand Three
Hundred and Eighteen British pounds sterling) equivalent to
$773,418 USD ( Seven Hundred and Seventy Three Thousand Four
Hundred and Eighteen) will be released to you by any of our
payment offices in Europe.
Our claims agent will commence the process immediately 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 receive 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, contact our claims agent below with
the following information.
Mr. Daniel Climpard

E-mail: daniel_climpardunlclaimsdept@yahoo.co.uk
FULL NAMES:.........................................
CONTACT ADDRESS:..................................
CITY/STATE:.......................................
COUNTRY:..........................................
NATIONALITY:......................................
SEX:.......................AGE:...................
MARITAL STATUS...................................
TEL NO:...........................................
NEXT OF KIN:......................................
ANNUAL INCOME:....................................

AMOUNT WON:.......................................
REFENCE NO:................BATCH NO:..............
LUCKY NO:..................TICKET NO..............
SERIAL NO:.................LOTTERY DATE:..........

Please note the following :
1. All claims are nullified after 20 working days from
today.
2. Your Reference number must be in all your mails with the
claims officer.
3. Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or
addresses.
4. Please do not reply to this email. Contact your claims
agent.
This international promotion is proudly sponsored by Yahoo!
Inc. to encourage the use of the Internet and computers
worldwide. We are proud to say that over 200 Million Pounds
are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide
Congratulations once again from all members and staff of
this program and thank you for being part of our promotional
lottery program.

Yours faithfully,
JANE HALL
Online coordinator


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