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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: "Richard Lloyd" <lloydgames16@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 02:59:15 +0000
Subject: NOTIFICATION .................................................. YOU HAVE WON !

national
lottery
  HOME OFFICE: 165 FULHAM PALACE RD. W6 8JB UNITED KINGDOM.
 
 
 
REFERENCE NUMBER:UK/839030X2/14
BATCH NUMBER:065/088/XY24
TICKET NUMBER:023-1111-790-458
 
OUR REF: 27349/46
 
                                               WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement today 9th of September 2006 of winners of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE PROMO PROGRAMME held on Saturday the 2nd of September 2006.

Your ticket number 023-1111-790-458 attached to your email address, with serial number 5073-12 drew the lucky numbers 43-10-42-37-10-43(bonus no.),this lucky number subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £480,152,00 (Four hundred and eighty thousand,one hundred and fifty-two pounds sterling) in cash credited to file  XYL/26510460037/04. This is from a total cash prize of £3,361,064.00,shared amongst the first seven (7) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.

All participants of this online promotion were selected randomly from numerous World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from close to 125,000 unions, associations and corporate bodies listed online. This promotion takes place Quarterly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in the United kingdom as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this,your £480,152.00 (Four hundred and eighty thousand,one hundred and fifty-two pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment office in the United Kingdom.

Your assigned claims agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him/her via electronic mail(email) or other options made available to you.

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 measures to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our claims agent;
Official:  Sharon Cole(Ms.)
Representative office
10 Camelot close thamesmead.
London E280ES
United Kingdom.
Email: ukonlineclaims_fiduciaryagent@yahoo.co.uk
 
You are required to provide him/her with the information below for verification purposes:
 
1.Full Name:
2.Full Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:
10.Fax Number:
11.Ticket Number(above):
12.Reference Number(above):
13.Batch Number(above):
 
For due processing and remittance of your prize money.
 
Note: You must contact your claims officer not later than 2(two) weeks after this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications.
 
please remember to quote your reference number in every one of your correspondences with your claims officer. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims officer as soon as possible.
 
Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this programme. Thank you for being part of our online promotional lottery program.
 
Yours Truly,
Sir. Richard K. Lloyd
Tel: (+44)  0703 1843 441
Fax: (+44) 087 1256 1795
Co-ordinator {Online Promo Programme}.
 


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