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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: The National Lottery Results <prize_dept-Lottery.Results-2006@web.de>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 01:26:35 +0200
Subject: (UKON 2006) ONLINE PRIZE ALERT!




THE NATIONAL LOTTERY.
MORTIMER HOUSE ,MORTIMER STREET,
LONDON, W1T3JH
UNITED KINGDOM.


Claims Unit Department:
Contact Person: Mr Brain Cartwright
Contact email:- nationallottery.verificationdept@yahoo.co.uk [mailto:nationallottery.verificationdept@yahoo.co.uk]

FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,

Date: 18-07-2006
___________________________________________________________
Notification of Winning (UKON 2006)
Batch No:uknl/2006/WN34328
Ticket No:Online/09LWN/0675
Winning Ref No: UKON-5464K2/71
Lucky Numbers: 34 . 13. 26 . 19 . 02 . 12 . [08] Bonus Ball
___________________________________________________________
Dear Winner,
You have been Selected in the UKON 2006 Lottery Program. Our lottery
program selection has finally been performed today which was held at
the
Marina office. UK Promotion is a joint Euro/America private lottery
registered and organized in accordance with the World Lottery
Regulation
act. We the The National Lottery organizing committee are pleased to
officially notify you of the status of your email application. An
official
notification of winning is hereby issued to you as your email promotion
ticket randomly drew for the Lucky Numbers: 34 . 13. 26 . 19 . 02 . 12
. [08] Bonus Ball ,which selected your email as the 2nd winner of our
lottery program you have consequently won the lottery program in the
first batch.

Congratulations!

We have officially approved a sum payout of 950,000.00 GBP only to you
as the lottery winner. This amount is from total prize cash of
2,850,000.00 GBP randomly distributed among Three (3) international
winners
selected by our Lottery Random System Selection (LRSS). All
participants
were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names/
email issued from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North
America and Asia, as part of our International Promotions Program,
which is
conducted yearly. Your prize can only be obtained from the assinged
listed corresopndence office, they are to assist and provide helpful
information to you in order to receiving your prize. The National
Lottery
Promotion,
===========================================================
Please carefully read all information provided on your winning
file.please remember to quote your winning reference and Lucky winning
number
correspondences with this of fice. Furthermore, should there be any
change of your address, do inform us as soon as
possible.Congratulations
from all our staff for being part of UKON 2006 Lottery
Program.Sincerely,Information Department The National Lottery
Promotion.
================================================================
NB: The Nati onal Lottery holds the right to cancel
your winning if you are below the age of 18,Employees and immediate
family members of employees of The National Lottery, its associated
companies,professional advisers, advertising and promotional agencies
are not
eligible to be winners of this promotional lottery.Contacts should be
made directly to the Claims Unit Department via email on or before 14
days after receiving your winning notification as this is
mandatory.Looking forward to your urgent reply by filling the
VERIFICATION FORM.
==================================================== =========
VERIFICATION FORM

FULL NAMES:

COUNTRY:

ADDRESS:

WINNING EMAIL ADDRESS:

SEX:

PHONE NUMBER:

FAX NUMBER:

DATE OF BIRTH:

OCCUPATION:

LUCKY NUMBER:

REF NUMBER:

STATUS:
=========================================================
This email and its attachments are confidential and intended for the
exclusive use of the addresse(s). This email and its attachments may
also
be privileged or protected by legal rules. If you have received this by
mistake please let us know by reply immediately and destroy the email
and its attachments without reading, copying or forwarding the
contents.
*****************************************************************



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