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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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Fraud email example:

From: Uk National Lottery Winning Notification <info2006_britishlotteryonline1@web.de>
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 03:23:27 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-15?Q?***********UK_LOTTO_DRAW_WINNING_NOTIFICATION*********?=
=?iso-8859-15?Q?*CONGRATULATIONS_YOU_ARE_A_WINNER***********?=






NOTE:All mails should be sent to the claim agent mail address for filling of your winning claims. BRITISH INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION 2006 28 TANFIELD ROAD
CROYDON.LONDON
Ref: BTL/101OXI/02
Batch: 16/211/0374 28th April 2006

BTL NOTIFICATION DESKWe happily announce to you the draw (#954) of the BRITISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on the 28th of April 2006Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: Bonus Ball.Which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £450,000 (Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £1,350,000,00 shared amongst the first three (3) lucky winners in this category 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 bianually.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our British booklet representative office in UK as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £450,000 (Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our fiduciary agent 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. Please be warned !!! To file for your claim,please contact your fiduciary agent. [javascript:ol('http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/_javascript:olhttp://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/__javascript:olhttp://www.freelotto.com/offer.asp?offer%25253d43761%252526amp;FID%25253dfa7d27913658;;');]BARR, ANDREW CADEX,esq.CLAIM AGENT
mobile :+44-702-406-7602
Fax :0044-870-478-2865Email: claims_andrewcadex@britishlotteryonline.com [mailto:claims_andrewcadex@britishlotteryonline.com] : andrewcadex@yahoo.co.uk.For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice, kindly provide him with the following information: NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference number in every one of your
correspondences with your officer. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims officer as soon as possible. Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program. Goodluck from BRITISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.Yours faithfully,
Richard K. Lloyd.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
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All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines (You must be 16 or over to play or claim a prize)
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