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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: uk nationalloteryde <uknationallotterywe@web.de>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:58:43 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU WON LOTTERY


The National Lottery P O Box 1010 Liverpool, L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM (Customer Services) Ref: UK/9420X2/68 Batch: 074/05/ZY369. WINNING NOTIFICATION: We happily announce to you the draft(#963)of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International programme held on Wednesday March 1st 2006.This Draw is part of our New Year Bonus to all internet users World Wide.Your e-mail address was attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 14-18-29-33-37-39-47(bonus no.) which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £516,778.00(Five hundred and Sixteen thousand,seven hundred and seventy eight pounds sterling only) /$921,201(Nine hundred and twenty one thousand two hundred and one dollars only)in cash/check credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of £3,100,673.00 shared amongst the first six (6) lucky winners in this category i.e Prize for six balls.All participants for the online version were selected randomly from a World Wide Web sites through a computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place Periodically.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our AFRICAN booklet representative office in South Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this,your £516,778 (Five hundred and Sixteen thousand,seven hundred and seventy eight pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in the World. Our 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 and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned. Please be warned". To file for your claim, please kindly provide the following informations and send it to our Fiduciary Agent(BARR EVANS NONYE)on the below email address who shall clear you as a winner: (1)FULL NAMES:.................................................................(2)DATE OF BIRTH:.............................................................(3)SEX :..............................................................................(4)MARITAL STATUS:.........................................................(5)CONTACTA DDRESS:.....................................................(6)PHONE and fax NUMBERS:............................................(7)OCCUPATION:............................................................... SEND DETAILS TO OUR CLAIM AGENT IN SOUTH AFRICA:That is where your payment region is to: Name: Barrister Brown Utatu Email: brown02_uklottery@yahoo.com [mailto:brown02_uklottery@yahoo.com],brown02_uklottery@yahoo.comTel: +27 73 554 6440 , call him Immediately you recieve this mail. Upon receipt of the duly requested datails, he shall help you process the payment to enable the bank release your winning fund to you. Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY. Yours faithfully, DR.Mr. Jolis DumOnline coordinator UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, International Program . [mailto:.mjwharton@earthlink.net]



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