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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 <ukcasinolottery@mmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:56:32 +0000
Subject: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY..


GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!
BRITISH WEB LOTTERY
IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF; (Registration Z720633X)

The Marina Offices,
St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HX England
(Customer Services)
Ref: WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online
Sweepstakes International program held on 15th November 2006. It is yet
to be unclaimed and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as regards
this. Your e-mail address attached to the lucky numbers: 2, 3, 17, 22,
40, 42, And (Bonus ball(18), which subsequently won you the lottery in
the 2nd category i.e JACKPOT. You have therefore been approved to claim
a total sum of ?2,543,170(Two Million Five Hundred And Forty Three
Thousand One Hundred And seventy Pounds Sterlings) in cash credited to
file number KTU/902311832012/06 and DrawNumber: 1137.

This is from a total cash prize shared amongst the(7)lucky winners in
this category i.e JACKPOT bonus. All participants for the online version
were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites 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 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4719851.stm)

The Olympic fund-raising games will include a TV draw The National
Lottery may have seemed a relatively simple way of helping pay for the
Olympics. The Lottery must raise ?1.5bn over the next seven years to pay
its share of the public money going into the Olympics. A further ?650m
will be raised from council tax in London and another ?250m from the
London Development Agency, while similar sums will be raised from ticket
sales, marketing, sponsorship and the sale of television rights.

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 ?2,543,170 Pounds Sterling will be
released to you our payment office in UK. 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 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. Please be warned. To
file for your claim, please contact our Administration Assistant:

NAME: GRAHAM BETTS
Official Email: ukcasinolottery@mmail.com

Endeavour to email him your full names, File and draw numbers, email
address, telephone and fax numbers immediately. You can go to our online
result site to confirm the value of your winnings and also get a prize
breakdown:-
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/information.do?info=unclaimedprizes
Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE NATIONAL LOTTERY?.

Yours faithfully,
Jordan Bradwell
Online Coordinator
For UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program ? Copyright 2006

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