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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: UKNational Lottery <uk_lottery_info1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 07:51:09 +0000
Subject: IMPORTANT INFORMATION


The Marina Offices,
St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE6 1HX
England
(Customer Services)
   
Dear Winner,

 The draw of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International
program held on 29 Apr 2006,
won you the lottery in the JACKPOT Bonus.
 
 The amount you luckily won is yet to be claimed and you are getting
the FINAL notification as regards this Email.
Your e-mail address was attached to the winning numbers:  4, 10, 23, 36,
37,49
. By our computer draw system,
which subsequently won you the lottery in the JACKPOT Bonus Category.And you have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,666,667  (ONE MILLION, SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX THOUSAND,SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY SEVEN Pounds Sterlings)
in CASH credited to file number ; KTU/9023118308/03. and Draw Number: 1080.01.
The total cash prize was shared amongst (5) lucky winners in this category i.e JACKPOT bonus.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from
World Wide Web sites (w.w.w.) through computer draw system and extracted
from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.
This is part of the Country's Programme to fund for the Olympic Games
in 2012 The £1.5bn Olympic lottery puzzle.
Other sums to be raised from the National Lottery would be from ticket sales, marketing, sponsorship and the sale of television rights.

Note that your £1,666,667, will be released to you by any of our
payment offices in Europe.Our European 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 your country.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.
 
In order to verify your winnings, we need your particulars for record purposes, Attached here is a copy of our verifications form, please fill accordingly so as to proceed with your winnings.

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
1.FULL NAMES: _________________________________
2.ADDRESS: ______________________________________________
_________________________________________
3.SEX:__________
4.AGE:_________
5.MARITAL STATUS: ________________________________
6.OCCUPATION: _________________________________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:____________________________________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:______________________________________
9.FILE NUMBERS _____________ ___________________
10.TICKET NUMBER: _________________________________
11.AMOUNT WON: _______________________________________
12.CITY:___________________ ZIP CODE:_____________________________
13.STATE: ______________________________
14.COUNTRY:______________________________________________
15.HOW DO YOU FEEL AS A WINNER:_________________________________
 To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent with the information below:
 
Name: Pedro Santarino
Official Email:  pedro@uknational-lotto.1to1.org 
Tel: +447024071418
Please endeavor to contact Mr. Pedro Santarino with the required information as soon as possible.
 
Warning!!! Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear to be using
The National Lottery addresses, but are not from The UK National Lottery,
So beware!!!.
 You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your winnings :-
ONCE YOU VISIT THE ABOVE SITE, CHECK FOR YOUR WINNING DATE AND NUMBER.
 
Congratulations from me and members of staff of  THE NATIONAL LOTTERY®.
 
  Yours faithfully,
  Darryn Clarke(Mrs)
  Online coordinator
  for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
  Sweepstakes International Program Copyright © 1994- 2006
____________________________________________________
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline
 
  

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