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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: "felix hugo" <felixhugo_123@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 22:28:26 +0100
Subject: YOUR EMAIL HAS WON £244,610.00

The U.K.National Lottery
P.O.Box 1010
Liverpool
L70 1NL. (customer service)
Results:
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/prizes/prizeAction.do

NOTIFICATION DESK

Attention: Email Account Holder,

We happily announce to you the draw (#1102) of the UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on Sat 14th October 2006 .

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
reference number APZ/50110-FPZA/006 and Serial number 5368/02 ,Batch number
XA887-2P, drew the lucky numbers: 06,19,20,38,39, Bonus 13.Which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. matches 5 plus
bonus ball .

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £244,610 (Two
Hundred and forty four Thousand Six Hundred and Ten Pounds) in cash credited
to file UKPC/9080144308/05. This is from a total cash prize of £14,858,952
(Fourteen Million Eight Hundred and Fifty Eight Thousand Nine Hundred and
Fifty Two Pounds), shared amongst the 601919 with (06) lucky winners in
second category.

LOTTO PRIZE BREAKDOWN Draw 1102 Sat 09th September 2006
---------------------------------------------------------
Jackpot for this draw £4,769,907
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
No of matches No of winners £s per winner Total
Match 6 3 £1,589,969
£4,769,907
Match 5 plus Bonus 6 £244,610
£1,467,660
Match 5 525 £1,747
£917,175
Match 4 30185 £66
£1,992,210
Match 3 571200 £10
£5,712,000
Totals 601919
£14,858,952
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Additional informationJackpot winner(s) Lucky Dip winners Machine used for
draw Ball set used
3 194342 AMETHYST 8
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All participants for the online email version were selected randomly from
World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.
This Online promotion takes place biannually.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in Oxfordshire (UK) as indicated in your ballot played
coupon. In view of this, your £244,610 (Two Hundred and forty four Thousand
Six Hundred and Ten Pounds) would be released to you by any of our payment
department.

Our Fiduciary agent 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!!!

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent and provide him
with your winning email details .remember to quote your reffrence numbers.

UK Lottery Fiduciary Agents:
Mr.Felix Hugo
Foreign Service Manager
Overseas Subscribers Agent
62A Islip Road Kent,
London OX2 7SP
United Kingdom
Tel : + 44-709-288-3537
Fax : + 44-879-383-5978
E-mail -: uknationallotto_2006claim@yahoo.co.uk

Good luck from me and members of staff of the UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.
"Do not reply to this email, contact the fiduciary agents above "

Yours faithfully,

Teresa Marie Roberts(Mrs.)
Online coordinator.
Copyright © 1994-2006 The UK Lottery International Promotion Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service -Guideline . 77635 476378 25566746

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