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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: GER/UK NATIONAL LOTTERY <alexbrooks2004@aim.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 19:48:00 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS E-LOTTERY WINNER!!!!!!!!!!

The Marina Offices,
St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE6 1HX
England
(Customer Services)
Ref: KTU/902311832012/06
Batch: 561701-PCD03

Dear Internet User,

Thi is to inform you that the draw of the GER/UK NATIONAL LOTTERY®. online Sweepstakes
International Program held on 30 Aug 2006, won you the Lottery in the JACKPOT prize level. The
amount you 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 following winning numbers: 4, 10, 23, 36, 37,49 drawn By our
computer draw system, which subsequently won you the lottery in the Email Lottery (e-Lottery®).

Because your email was attached to our winning numbers, you are QUALIFIED as one of the draw
winners. You have therefore been approved to claim:
a total sum of £669,219( SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY NINE THOUSAND,TWO HUNDRED AND
NINETEEN BRITISH POUND STERLING) in CASH credited to file number ; KTU/902311832012/06
and Draw Number: 1080.01.
Please be informed that this notification is real as we have had more winners in the past with greater
prizes than this. You may click on this link to watch videos of what past winners have to say **click
here**
The GER/UK NATIONAL LOTTERY®. and the EURO MILLIONS®, are the richest Lottery Agencies in
the whole world.

The total cash prize was shared amongst (5) lucky winners in this category i.e Email Lottery (e-Lottery®)
All participants for the Email Lottery (e-Lottery®) were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites
(w.w.w.) through our Email Lottery Draw System (E.L.D.S) and extracted from over 100,000 unions,
associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.
This Lottery programme 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: You did not purchase any Ticket(s) for this winning, your email was selected by our
E.L.D.S.(e-Lottery®) randomly.

Your £669,219, will be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
Our European agent (Amsterdam Zone) will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of
your funds as soon as you contact them.
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.

To file for your claim, kindly contact our Adiministration Assistant with the information below:
Name: Alex Brooks
Payment Officer
Hunmber & worlds Council
Tel:0031 636 511 592
Official Email:brooksalex@alex4all.com
Complete the Questionaire below and summit it to: brooksalex@alex4all.com
YOUR FULL NAMES: --------
YOUR WINNING NUMBERS:-----------------
YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS:---------------
TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBERS:------------
YOUR AGE:------------------
YOUR COUNTRY:----------------
LANGUAGE:------------------
YOUR OCCUPATION:---------------
HAVE YOU EVER WON A LOTTERY BEFORE:----------------

Please endeavor to contact Mr. Alex Brooks with the required information as soon as possible. You can
go to our online result site to confirm the value of your winnings :-
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/information.do?info=unclaimedprizes
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,
Anja Morgan (Mrs)
Online Coordinator
For GERMAN/UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program © Copyright 2006

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