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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_lottodraw" <uk_lottodraw@terra.com.mx>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 09:17:55 -0600
Subject: RE: Your Ref: NL-OSA/04VS/0604/UK


OSA - UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
(OVERSEAS SUBSCRIBERS AGENTS)
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS DEPARTMENT
Batch Number: 06/0022/N01
Winning Numbers: 20-27-41- 42-29
Grand Prize Winning: GBP 1, 022,000.00
Our Ref: NL-OSA/6208/041.VOL.2/UK
Your Ref: NL-OSA/04VS/0604/UK
RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, of winners of the OSA UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, UK INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 30th May 2006. Please be inform that all participants in this Lottery Program have been selected randomly through a computer Ballot System drawn from over 2,000,000 Companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses worldwide from search engines and web sites as part of our international promotions program conducted annually to encourage prospective overseas entries. Your email address attached to ticket number 27 511 465 238, with serial number 088-6589 drew the lucky numbers 20-27-41-42-29, and consequently won the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of BP1,022,000.00(One Million, and Twenty-two Thousand pounds only) in cash. CONGRATULATIONS!
This promotional program takes place every year. Your fund is now deposited with a Private Investment Bank in Europe bonded and insured under a comprehensive insurance policy in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security arrangement to avoid diversion of claims, double claims or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. We hope with a part of you prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes GPB12million International Lottery.
Remember that you must contact your claim agent not later than 25th June 2006. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed. To begin your claims, you are advised on final notice and as a matter of urgency, to contact our licensed and accredited claim agent for Overseas Lucky Winners for the processing of your prize awards winning and payment to your designated bank account after all statutory obligations have been concluded sa! ti! sfacto! rily.
Therefore all processes laid down by them must be f ollowed t o facilitate your claims.
Please contact:
Mr. Eugene F. Burton,
Email: camelotfinancial@138mail.com
Camelot Financial-4all Reconciliation Inc.,
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
(a) Being an overseas lucky winner, you constitute entrant's full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance to comply with the terms and conditions of claims to avoid any discrepancy in the cause of payment of your grand prize awards winning.
(b) Our staff are sworn to secrecy, so you will be the only one to know what you have won hence, this notification via this medium
(EMAIL) is to avoid interception of official letters.
(c) By this grand prize awards winning, you acknowledge your understanding and acceptance to be added to our lottery master player database.
(d)By this grand prize awards winning, you agree to receive our periodic mailings which will include, but are not! limited to:
Newsletters,Invitations to Play, Announcements for other Lottery Games and Offers we feel would be of interest to our master player.
(e) By this grand prize awards winning, you understand that you have the right to unsubscribe from any such mailing list which
automatically disqualifies you from subsequent lottery entries. Removal instructions are on every mailing.
(f) Finally, we hereby do solemnly guarantee to maintain the privacy of our master players/lucky winners database and shall not make available for sale, rent, lease or misuse any information about our players/lucky winners.
Hence, our staff are sworn to secrecy thereby ensuring adequate security of personal information provided by our players/lucky
winners. In conclusion therefore, you are to take cognisance of the limited time frame for claims processing and payment of your grand prize award winning hence, this promotional programme prize awards is for a stipulated period of ! time and therefore, be advised on final not! ice to! begin your claims immediately hence, all prizes awards must be claime d and disbursed within the stipulated period tagged "End of Claim" date as elapse of this date will authorised funds withholding for redirection to Organisation Account as abandoned/unclaimed without notice. Find all other relevant winning lottery Information below:
Your Ref: NL-OSA/04VS/0604/UK,
Batch Number: 06/0022/N01,
Winning Numbers: 20-27-41-42-29
for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with your claim agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our Promotions program. On this note therefore, we congratulate you for your grand prize awards winning and welcome you in our su! bsequent lottery entries. As always, we remain at your complete disposal.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Mary-Ann Puckett
Promotion Coordinator,
International Promotions Department,
OSA - UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
(OVERSEAS SUBSCRIBERS AGENTS)

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