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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: "uksweepstakespr@terra.es" <uksweepstakespr@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 17:01:04 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: AUTHORITY RECEIPT NOTE.


AUTHORITY RECEIPT NOTE.
NATIONAL UK ONLINE LOTTERY INC.
18 Herbert Road,
Sol hall,
West Midlands,B91 7TE
United Kingdom

NATIONAL LOTTERY WINNERS NOTICE

Dear Prize winner,

Congratulations Category A prize winner! You have been selected as one of two winners of the NATIONAL ONLINE LOTTERY, computer ballot draws and thus will be a privileged recipient of the grand draw prize of £2,500,000 (Two million five hundred thousand Great Britain Pounds only). You/Your company, attached to Winning File Reference number LIUK/5020/0261/20; ticket number 219-8IO-97/A.

NATIONAL UK ONLINE LOTTERY conducted its final draws, participants were selected through a Computer ballot system drawn from 4,100,000 names/email addresses of individuals and Companies from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, Middle East, Africa, and Oceanic as part of our international promotions program. You emerged as one of the grand draw prize in the Category A and are there for entitled to a sum of £2,500,000 (Two million five hundred thousand Great Britain
Pounds only). From a total sum of £10,000,000 shared among the 4 winners in this category.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Please contact our agent by email or fax within a week of receiving this notice for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice, Please find full contact details below;

*********************************************************************
Mr. Mark Johnson
CLAIMS DIRECTOR
ROYAL ALLIANC FINANCE INC. U.K.
For Enquiries Please Call;
TEL: +44-790-318-2180
FAX : +44-207-691-7448,+44-870-133-2577
Email: roalallianc@aim.com

*********************************************************************
Also find all other relevant winning lottery information below:

Draw Serial No: 12/619466
Batch No: 01-A442
Zonal Draw No: A1-412
Grand Draw No: 24618

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of
our promotions program.

Sincerely,

THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
NATIONAL UK ONLINE LOTTERY INC.
18 Herbert Road,
Sol hall,
West Midlands, B91 7TE
United Kingdom.

N.B: You are seriously advised to keep all winning lottery information and numbers from the public in line with our company security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous individuals. Reply to: royalallianc@aim.com

....................................................................
© 2006 NATIONAL UK ONLINE LOTTERY INC. All rights reserved. Offer valid to winners who are at least 18 years of age. Void where prohibited. No purchase necessary to claim winning prize. You will need to meet all of the steps to redeem as outlined in the Terms & Conditions before you can receive your promotional prizes. To receive this promotion, you must: 1) submit email and mailing address information: 2) check your email inbox for "Redemption Notification" 3) Follow Redemption instructions for prize claims completion.
Failure to comply will lead to Decline of Prize, by Board of Directors.





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