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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 Phuk Rogers" <ukonline@thai.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 13:59:46 +0700
Subject: Cash Your Award $500,000usd




UK National Lottery,
2 Lansdowne Row,
Berkeley Square,
London, W1J 6H,
UnitedKingdom

WINNING NOTIFICATION.

http://www.national-lottery.com/resultsnationalhistorical.asp

Ref: UK/776090X2/23
Batch: 013/05/8394369

We happily announce to you the Draw (#942) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,Online Program Realise on 15th August 2006. Luckly Your E-mail address attached to
Ticket Number: 8603775966738
Serial number 5368/02 drew the
Winning Numbers:03,15,21,22,36,47,27 (bonus no.17), which subsequently won in the 2nd category.

Therefore You have just been approved to claim a total sum of $500.000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Unites State Dollars) in cash credited to file.REFerence KTU / 9023118308/03


CONGRATULATIONS!

This is from a total cash prize of $10,350,000.00, shared amongst the Winners in differents category.However 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 E-mails that are listed online.

Your fund (certified cheque) has been insured with your REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937 and will be ready for delivery or transfer to your norminated Bank A/C by the payee bank.Kindly respond to your fuducial egent with the below informations.

1 YOUR FULL NAME



2 YOUR ADDRESS AND NATIONALITY



3 YOUR DATE OF BIRTH



4 YOUR OCCUPATION



5 YOUR PHONE/ FAX.


you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you at your country.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, Please contact your Fiduciary Agent for your AWARD CERTIFICATE .

***********************************************************
Barrister Steven Chung
E-mail : skylegalchember@excite.com
fINANCE Department ATTORNEY. ******************************************************

Congratulations from members of staff of THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.


Yours faithfully,
Mrs Phuk Rogers .
Online Co-ordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
www.national-lottery.com











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