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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: "jones sarah" <ultimatehour11@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: klinx_1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 19:41:07 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

***PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL REPLIES SHOULD BE SENT TO THE CLAIM AGENT ***

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION
28 TANFIELD ROAD
CROYDON.LONDON
Ref:UK010105JAN
Batch:JULY/1051/06

UK ONLINE NOTIFICATION DESK
We happily announce to you the draw (#954) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program.Your e-mail address attached to
ticket number:013-2316-2002-577 with Serial number A025-09 drew the lucky
numbers: (13)-(43)-(06)-(15)-(02)-(40)bonus # (09).Which subsequently won
you the lottery in the
2nd category.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
£1,000,000.00 (One Million Pounds Sterling) shared among the first ten (10)
lucky winners in this category. 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 bianually.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our British booklet
representative office in UK. In view of this, your £1,000,000.00 (One
Million Pounds Sterling) would be released to you by our Finance
Department.Your Fiduciary Agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till pounds sterling shared amongst the first ten (10) lucky
winners in this category. 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 bianually.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our British booklet
representative office in UK. In view of this, your £1,000,000.00 (One
Million Pounds Sterling) would be released to you by our Finance
Department.Your Fiduciary Agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim 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. In a situation whereby you
go about disclosing your winning information to dishonest people, they could
file for your claim and your winnings could be lost.
Please be warned !!!
To file for your claim, please contact our Claim agent: Please summit the
following to your Claim Agent.

KELVIN KYLE
CLAIM AGENT
Tel:+44703185135
Fax:0044-700-580-6405
Email: klinx_2@yahoo.co.uk

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Sarah Jones.
Director Online International Promotions Unit.

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