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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: Mrs Anna Adams <annmrs@myway.com>
Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2006 10:39:31 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION LOTTERY

National Lottery Headquarters??
Customer Service
an Affiliate of
watergate inc.
28 Tanfield Road,
Croydon. London
Ref: EAASL/931OLI/02
Batch: 2/05/YH60



Mrs Anna Adams.(Coordinator)
Email: annamrs@katamail.com


WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw of the National Sweepstake
Lottery International programs held on the 1st of 6th 2006 in
London.Your Name and e-mail address attached to ticket number: 964
75600545866 with Serial number 8388/02 drew the lucky umbers:
52-3-26-13-35-9,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 POUDS) in cash credited to file KPC/6080118308/02.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 POUDS)
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 claimyour
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
Officerincharges with the below details for processing of your claims.
OFFICER: DR.CAMPBELL WILLIAMS,FINANCIAL DIRECTOR
EMAIL: drcwilliams@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,

Anna Adams.
EURO-ASIAN Zonal Coordinator









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