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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: britishprograme@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 01:09:57 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=20SWEEPSTAKES=20UPDATES=5BCONTACT=20CLAIMS=20AGENT=5D?=

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68/BSH
Batch: 074/05/ZY369/BSH
Fax: +448701312413
Tel: +447031946186

SWEEPSTAKES UPDATES[CONTACT CLAIMS AGENT]

We happily announce to you the draw (#1070) of
the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes
International program held on Saturday 25th
march, 2006.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
56475600545188/BSH with Serial number 5368/02/BSH
drew the lucky numbers: 02-06-10-17-29-30(bonus
no.), 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 £29,312 (twenty nine thousand,three
hundred and twelve pounds sterling) in cash
credited to file KTU/9023118308/03/BSH. This is
from a total cash prize of £1,201,792 shared
amongst the first (41)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,You have therefore been approved to
claim a total sum of £29,312 (twenty nine
thousand,three hundred and twelve pounds
sterling) would be released to you by any of our
payment offices in Europe.

Our European agents will immediately commence the
process to facilitate the release of your funds
as soon as you contact them. 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 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 claims
agent:

Mr Richard K. Llyod.
Email: info_richardkllyodd1@yahoo.com

1, Winning E-mail address
2, Batch Number
3, Refference Number
4, Ticket Number
5, Serial Number

For further clarification/verification of your
claims,Please call on any of our official numbers
as stated in notification e-mail.You can go to
our online result site to confirm the value of
your winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/home/h
ome.do

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.



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