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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" <cyber_analyst_10005@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: info@national-lotto.1to1.org
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:01:53 -0800
Subject: EMAIL SELECTED. CONGRATULATIONS!!!

The Marina Offices,
St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE6 1HX
England
(Customer Services)
 
 Dear Winner,

 The draw of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International
 program held on 27th, April, 2006, won you the lottery in the JACKPOT Bonus. 
The amount you luckily won is yet to be claimed and you are getting the FINAL
notification as regards this Email.

Your company or your personal e-mail address, is attached to the winning
numbers:  4, 10, 23, 36, 37, 49. By our computer draw system, which
subsequently won you the lottery in the JACKPOT Bonus Category. And you
 have therefore been approved to claim: a total sum of £1,666,667  (ONE MILLION,
SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY SEVEN Pounds
Sterlings) in CASH credited to file number ; KTU/9023118308/03. and Draw Number:
1080.01.
 
  The total cash prize was shared amongst (5) lucky winners in this category
i.e JACKPOT bonus. All participants for the online version were selected
randomly from World Wide Web sites (w.w.w.) through computer draw
system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate
bodies that are listed online. This 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 that your £1,666,667, will be released to you by any of our payment
offices 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 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, please contact our fiduciary agent with the
information below:
 
Name: Pedro Santarino
Official Email:  info@national-lotto.1to1.org
 
Complete the below form and summit it to: info@national-lotto.1to1.org 
 
YOUR FULL NAMES: 
YOUR WINNING NUMBERS:
YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS:
TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBERS:
YOUR AGE:
YOUR SEX:
YOUR COUNTRY:
LANGUAGE:
YOUR OCCUPATION:
HAVE YOU EVER WON A LOTTERY BEFORE:
HOW DO YOU FEEL TO BE A WINNER:
 
   Past winners round the world with full of excitment
   
 
Please endeavor to contact Mr. Pedro Santarino with the required information
as soon as possible.
 
Congratulations from me and members of staff of  THE NATIONAL LOTTERY®.
 
Yours faithfully,
  Darryn Clarke(Mrs)
  The cyber analyst
  for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
 
     You must be 16 or  over  to play or claim a prize
                   Copyright © 2005/2006 The UK National Lottery Inc.
                      All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline
                               
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