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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 Caroline Bryan" <carolineb-4@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 09:05:19 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER

The National Lottery Logo                      

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS:
P O Box 1010 Liverpool,
L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)

FROM: UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY.
WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER

 

Congrats,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY international Lottery programs. The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 21,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet, no tickets were sold. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of two winners in the category "A" with the following winning information:
 
REF No: UKNL-L/200-26937
BATCH No: 2005MJL-01
TICKET No: 20511465463-7644
SERIAL No: S/N-00168
LUCKY No: 887-13-865-37-10-83
 
You as well as the other winner are therefore to receive a cash prize of #1,000,000 (One Million Pounds Sterling) each from the total payout. Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report.To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited lottery agent for category "A" winners with the information below:
 
Meanwhile you payment falls within our Southern payment office in Africa,to file for your claim, please contact the Payment office with the filling of the form below:

AFRO TRUST AGENCY
25 Orange Grove
15th Floor Johannesburg
South Africa
Name: Mr.Steve Williams
Tel: +27-73-600-9799
E-mail:
afroagency2001@yahoo.com


Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence. You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your reference and ticket numbers(This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).Anybody under the age of 17 and members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.
 
Name(Surename First):.................
Address:..............................
Country:..............................
Fax Number:...........................
Mobile number:........................
Sex:..................................
Marital Status:.......................
Age:..................................
Occupation:...........................


Congratulations once more from all the staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
 
Sincerely,
Mrs. Caroline Bryan
Lottery Cordinator
FOR UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

 
 
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