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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: "National Lottery" <natltwin20@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: contactmichaelw@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 08:57:14 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY   
P O BOX 1010
LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)

 

Ref: UK/776090X2/23
Batch: 013/12/8394369

 

 Daily Draw Further results
http://www.national-lottery.com/resultsnationalhistorical.asp

 

Draw Date: 22 / 12 / 2006.

 Winning numbers:  4, 7, 31 ,38, 44 ,48 (Bonus no. 01),

 

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

 

We happily announce to you the Draw (#942) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY online Game program held. Your e-mail address won the lottery, with Serial number 368/02 drew the
Winning numbers:  4, 7, 31, 38, 44, 48 (Bonus no. 01), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 3 plus bonus.


You are therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £150, 000 .00(One Hundred & Fifty Thousand British Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/07. This is from a total cash prize of £1,500,000.00{One Million, Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling} was approved for the twenty (10) lucky winners in this category i.e.

 

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites/ emails through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly. All participants were selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from a pool of over 25,000  names of distinguished professionals drawn from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, parts of Africa, and North & South America as part of our international promotions  programme conducted annually to
encourage prospective overseas entries.

 

The internet emailing die was used, since most people are not able to purchase tickets and play outside the UK. We hope with part of your prize awards, you will take part in our subsequent lottery jackpots.

 

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of our funds as soon as you contact Mr. Michael White. 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 choose to claim your prize.

 

To view more testimonies about the UK international lottery click on the links below;

 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=15798589&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=eur--pound-77m-richer--name_page.html
http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1721352005

 

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 Agent for more information.
***********************************************************
Barr. Mr. Michael White.
TELL:+44 701 114 9615
E-mail : contactmichaelw@yahoo.co.uk
*************************************************
PLEASE FILL BELOW YOUR DETAILS AND SEND IT TO OUR CLAIM  AGENT.

 

Your Personal Data Form:
Name Of Winner:_____________________________
Sex_______________________________________
Nationality:_________________________________

Age:________________________________
Occupation::_________________________________
Marital Status:________________________________
Tel No:______________________________________
Fax No:_____________________________________
Postal Address:_____________________________________
Country:_____________________________________
Amount Won:________________________________
Winning E-mail Address:_______________________
Winning Number___________________________

 

Congratulations once more from me and members of staff of THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

 

Yours faithfully,

 Mrs. Rose Carl.

Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY,
UK
National lottery  International Program.

 

Important Notice: Your Email address and winning information were provided by INTERNET AND EMAIL CENSORS ASSOCIATION The United Kingdom  Lottery accepts no blame for any unwarranted use of email addresses, therefore all blames, complains should be directed to the INTERNET AND EMAIL CENSORS ASSOCIATION.

 

 

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