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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: "Burne Heather" <he_burne2006@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 05:58:47 +0000
Subject: PRIZE NOTICE FOR SILVER STAKE WINNER-Ref. No.-RNL/051/652659968/UK

FROM: PROMOTIONS DEPARTMENT OF UK ROYAL NATIONAL LOTTERY, WINNING NOTICE FOR
SILVER STAKE WINNER-Ref. No.-RNL/051/652659968/UK

Attention:

We happily announce to you that UK Royal National Lottery has just concluded
its final draws of it's periodical promotional program. An exclusive list of
email addresses of thousands of individual and corporate bodies were picked
by automated random computer search from the internet. No tickets were sold.
Your email address emerged as one of seven winners in the silver stakes
category as email addresses were soughted, from a total number of 1,000,000
email addresses draw from all over the globe(Europe, North and South
America, Middle East and Africa). After an automated computer ballot of our
International Promotions Program, only SEVEN winners emerged in this
category and therefore each are to receive payouts of EU1,500,000.00(ONE
MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO ONLY) from the total of EU10,500,000.00
(TEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO). However, every email address
selected was accompanied by a reference and ticket number, after the cyber
lotto selection, the below ticket and reference numbers emereged as one of
the lucky winners in the above category. CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Reference number for your prize is:Ref. No.-RNL/051/652659968/UK
Ticket No.-RNL87868UK

For your prize claim process, we have employed the service of an
lnternational Trust firm. They are to handle the transfer of your cash prize
of EU1,500,000.00(ONE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO ONLY) in line with
our procedures and upon your directions. Your prize has been insured to its
full value with your email address and will be transferred to you under
their professional service.

To immediately file your claim, please contact our Fudiciary agent Cooperate
Trust Securities Company, below are the contact information of their
FINANCIAL DIRECTOR;

MR. DONALD CHESTER
Finance Director,
Co-operate Trust & Securities Company
United Kingdom
Email: ches.donald@yahoo.com
CC: donaldchester@atmail.org
Phone:+44-704-010-4368
Fax: +44-700-580-2861

In your best interest, you must initiate contact within 7 days of receipt of
this correspondence, Cooperate Trust & Securities Company, are to handle all
matters with regards to claiming of your prize money. You are also advised
to send a copy of this email to your claims agent MR. DONALD CHESTER, when
contacting him. You may be required to provide any of the above information
during the process of collecting your prize. For security reasons, you are
advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is
processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary
measure to avoid double/multiple claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program, Please be warned!!!

We congratulate you once again and it is our hope that you participate in
any of our international programs in the nearest future and we will
appreciate your assistance in helping us maintain the integrity of the
entire UK Royal National Lottery. Thank you and CONGRATULATIONS!!!.

Sincerely,
AHeather Burne,
Promotions Manager,
Royal National Lottery,
United Kingdom

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