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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: Lottery Headquaters London <lotteryoffice_hqt_uk@yahoo.it>
Reply-To: lotteryoffice_hqts@katamail.com
Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 10:03:29 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: National Lottery Headquarters:


Ho cambiato indirizzo!Puoi ora scrivermi a questo indirizzo: lotteryoffice_hqt_uk@yahoo.it

National Lottery Headquarters:

Customer Service

an Affiliate of watergate inc.

28 Tanfield Road,

Croydon. London

Ref: EAASL/941OYI/02

Batch: 6/06/DC34


WINNING NOTIFICATION:



We happily announce to you the draw of the National Sweepstake Lottery International programs held on the April 2006 in London.Your Name and e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545888 with Serial number 5388/02 drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7,which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.You are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of £2,500.000(Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Pound) in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02. This is from a total cash prize of £75 Million pound.




Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European


booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon.


In view of this, your £2,500.000(Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Pound) would be released to you by our affiliate bank in London.Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with him .




All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is a part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.




Please be warned.To file for your claim, please contact The Officer

incharges with the below details for processing of your claims.



OFFICER: DR. SAGE WILLIAMS, FINANCIAL DIRECTOR



EMAIL: sagewilliams41@katamail.com



Tel: +447040121324



To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your


reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.



Sincerely,




Dr. Sage Williams.


EURO-ASIAN Zonal Coordinator


+447040121324



- Lottery Headquaters London


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