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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: notificationdesk@freelotto.com <cocacolalottery2@ny.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 22:10:50 -0500
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION


FREE AWARD DEPT.
16 Broad Street,
Woolich, Middle Essex
United Kingdom.
London.
www.freelotto.com
 
REF Nº: 74-A0802742005                                                                     
BATCH Nº: 2006UKFL-01
 
 
 
                         WINNING NOTIFICATION/YOU ARE A WINNER
 
The United Kingdom Free Lottery board wishes to inform you that the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by Great Britain held on 29th of June. 2006. Your email account have been picked as a winner of a lump sum pay out of Eight hundred and ninty-one thousand, nine hundred and thirty-four Great Britain pounds (891,934.00 pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file REF NO. REF: 74-A0802742005. This is from total prize money of GBP 4,459,670.00 shared among the FIVE (5) international winners in this category.
 
 All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web through computer balloting system drawn from over 100,000 names database, union associations and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion is this year's United Kingdom Free Lottery New Year bonanza. This online email ballot lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by  the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).
 
 All winning must be claimed not later than 16 working days from this notification. After this time all unclaimed funds will be retured to European Union Treasury as unclaimed. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence.
 
Be advice to keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.
 
To begin your claim, please contact your  claim`s agent in the free lotto customer service office:
 
Mrs . April Hennington
flacustomerservicehelp@yahoo.com.hk     
Free Lotto Customer Service Officer.
 

He will brief you on steps to be taken for due processing and remittance of your prize money..
 

Note below your winning details:
 

Ticket Nº: 22-1356-4096-988
Serial Nº: A069-07
Lucky Nº: 12-13-21-26-32-39 Bonus-17
File REF Nº.:  74-A0802742005
BATCH Nº.: 2006UKL-01
 

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
 
Sincerely,
 
Mr. Walter Fribs
Online Coordinator,
FREE AWARD GROUP,
 
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the Winners will result to disqualification.
 
NOTE: Do not reply this mail. You are to contact your claims officer immediately. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference number in every one of your correspondences.
 

*IMPORTANT* FILL OUT THIS WINNERS VERIFICATION FORM BELOW:
 
Your application for the claim of lottery winning prize will be duly processed and settlement made upon certification.
 
Hence, carefully fill in the appropriate information in the space provided below for record purposes to facilitate our immediate commencement of your claims process. The completed form should be sent to your claims agent for immediate commencement of prize remittance.
 

*Name of Beneficiary:
*Address:
*City/State:
*Nationality:
*Sex:
*Email Address:
*Tel:
*Occupation:
*Next of Kin:
*Age:
*AMOUNT WON:
*In Figures:
*In Words:
*Lucky Nos:
*Ticket No:
 

OFFICE USE ONLY
Verified by:________________
 
Confirmed by: ________________
 
CLAIMS AGENT SIGNATURE:________________
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