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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: "uknationallottery office" <uknationallotteryoffice_4@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:56:15 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

National Lottery
 
   
 
 
 
Form Mrs. Teresa Allan United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator
National Lottery United Kingdom
Spectrum Money Mart United Kingdom
No.1a-Bexon Court Carlton
Nottingham Shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ Essex
PO Box 1010
Essex United Kingdom.
Tel/Fax: +44 870 1 357 95 7
Customer Service: 680 NCA 85914
Ref: EAASL/94-6OYI-04
Batch: 11/6/DC34 BBN
Zonal Draw No: GMLA2-005
Grand Draw No: 12099

Dear Sir/Madam:

Euro-Afro-American
Sweepstake Lottery Winning Notification
 
Please view our website :http://lottery.co.uk/res/
 
We happily announce to you the winner of the Euro-Afro-American Sweepstake Lottery International programs draws held on the 13/12/2006 in Essex United Kingdom. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B9564 75604545 100 with serial number 46560 drew the winning  numbers
 
 
 
which subsequently won you the lottery in the second category (cot2).


You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £820,000.00 (Eighty Hundred and Twenty Thousand British Pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02. This is from a total cash prize of £1100,000,00 Million British pounds sterling, shared amongst the first One-Hundred and thirty-four (134) lucky winners in this category worldwide.


Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afro booklet representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand British pounds sterling) would be released to you immediately you contact our agent office located in London, United Kingdom.
 
Our agent will commence the process to release of your winning prize as soon as you contact their office. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draws system and extracted from over 10,000,00 companies and personal emails.


This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your winning prize remitted to you. 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 claim your winning prize, please contact:
Dr.Johan Nespry Otto
Foreign Service Manager
Overseas Subscribers Agents
125 Clapham High Street,
SW4 7SN London,
United Kingdom.
Tel: +44  703  190 781 6
 Fax: +44 870 1 357 95 7
 
Please be informed that all winning prize must be claimed on or before the 31st of January  2007. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with our designated agents.
 
Below is the required information:

FULL Name.............................
ADDRESS:............................
OCCUPATION:....................
AGE:......................................
SEX:.....................................
NATIONALITY:...................
TELEPHONE NUMBER:.........
BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER
BANK NAME:..................
BANK ADDRESS:.............
BRANCH CODE:................
BANK SWIFT CODE:..........
BANK TELEPHPNE NUMBER.......
BANK FAX NUMBER:.............

As soon as all the requested details are received, our claim Agent will therefore Write a letter of claim on your behalf and submit it to our  paying Bank for  processing ,approval/release of your fund. And once this is done the bank will contact you for verification.
 
Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program that has successfully won this competition.

Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Sincerely,
Mrs.Teresa Allan
United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator.
Mr.Alexander Davis
United Kingdom Zonal Secretary General.
 
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