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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: "UK National Lottery Board" <uknl_winners@delphiforums.com>
Reply-To: results@uknationallottery.org
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:25:03 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON =?utf-8?Q?=C2=A3640,000?= GBP.





Customer Service
UK National Lottery Board
165 Fulham Palace Rd. W6 8JB United Kingdom.
Tel / Fax: (44) 0700 593 1238


REF#: UK/9420X2/68
BATCH#: 074/05/ZY369

29 / 11 / 2006



Our Ref: 27349/46


WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY online Sweepstakes International promotion held on the 28th day of November 2006 held online. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 00545 188 564756 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 14-21-22-37-43 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 3rd category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £640,000.00 GBP (Six Hundred and Forty Thousand British Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to email file ktu/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of £7.3 Million Pounds Sterling shared amongst seven (7) lucky winners in this category in the current ongoing lottery sweepstakes. All participants were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through our renowned computer draw system and extracted from over 10,000 link sites world wide. This promotion takes place in four phases annually. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £640,000.00 GBP (Six Hundred and Forty Thousand Pounds Sterling) will be released to you via our payment office in Europe. Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.
For security reasons you are advised to keep your winning details confidential till your claims are 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 by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned. To file for your claim, please contact fiduciary agent designated to your file providing the requisite details provided underneath for due processing and remittance of your prize money -
1.Full Name:
2.Mailing Address:
3.Telephone Number:
4.Ticket Number(above):
5.Reference Number(above):
6.Batch Number(above):


The requisite data are required to be forwarded to your designated Fiduciary Agent-

Mr. Terry G. Woodgate
Representative office.
10 Camelot close Thamesmead.
London E280 ES United Kingdom.
Tel / Fax: (44) 7005-976-240
Email: gtwoodgate@yahoo.co.uk


To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference / batch numbers in any correspondence with us or your assigned agent. Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program. Thank you for being part of our online lottery promotion. All promotional winners under the age of 16 are disqualified.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Victoria J. Brown
UK National Lottery.




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