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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: kelvin jones <kelvin@joneskelvin5.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 03:02:14 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!! YOUR EMAIL WON


UK National Lottery
2 Lansdowne Row
Berkeley Square
London, W1J 6H
United Kingdom.
Ref: UK/7803XI/04
Batch: 03/BT25/0306

NOTICE OF CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING!!

We happily announce to you the Draw (#942) of the online UK National
Lottery program held on the 4th of Qctober ,2006.Your e-mail address
attached to Ticket Number: 2006680 with Serial number 2378/06 drew
the Winning numbers:12 14 16 19 27 32 (bonus no.44),which subsequently won
you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 3 plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £368,500:00
(Three Hundred and Sixty Eight Thousand,Five hundred pound Sterling) in
cash credited to file KTV/6012118207/06.
This is from a total cash prize of £9,581,000:00 (Nine
million, five hundred and eighty one thousand pound sterling),shared amongst
the 26 lucky Winners in this category i.e Match 3 plus bonus.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World
Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 1,000,000
unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.
Your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In
view of this,your £368,500:00 (Three Hundred and Sixty Eight Thousand,Five hundred pound Sterling) will be released to you by any of our payment
offices in Europe.
Our European agents 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 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!.
You can go to our online result site to confirm your winnings and
also get a prize breakdown:
http://www.national-lottery.com/resultsnational.asp>
To file for your claim,Please contact our Fiduciary Agent for
validation.
*******************************************************************
Mrs.Julie Stokes
FIDUCIARY AGENT, Payment and Release order Department,UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY CLAIMS PROCESSING AGENT.
OCEANIC BT, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Email: claimsagentjstokes@yahoo.co.uk
Tel:+447024084463;+447024084508
*******************************************************************
Endeavour to email them the following informations for immediate
processing, verification and legalization of claims in order for
payment to be made to you as required in accordance with our payout
policy.
FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
OCCUPATION:
TELEPHONE:(HOME/MOBILE)
AMOUNT WON:
REF NUMBER:.
BATCH NUMBER:
WINNING NUMBER:
TICKET NUMBER:
MODE OF PAYMENT:(Bank or Certified check) please chose one of the
options .


CONGRATULATIONS ONCE MORE ! ! ! UK National Lottery 2006


Yours faithfully
Kevin Jones
(Online Coordinator for UKNATIONAL LOTTERY)

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