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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: "uknlupdate_07@terra.es" <uknlupdate_07@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:33:44 +0100 (MET)
Subject: NATIONAL LOTTERY:WINNING NOTIFICATION.YOUR EMAIL WON!!






UK National Lottery
2 Lansdowne Row
Berkeley Square
London, W1J 6H
United Kingdom.
Ref: UK/7803XI/04
Batch: 03/BT25/0306





NOTICE OF CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING!!

We happily announce to you the Draw (#942) of the online UK National Lottery program held on the 27th of January.Your e-mail address attached to Ticket Number: 2006680 with Serial number 2378/06 drew the Winning numbers: 17 30 33 40 42 43 (bonus no. 34),which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 3 plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £268,500:00 (Two Hundred and Sixty Eight Thousand,Five hundred pound Sterling) in cash credited to file KTV/6012118207/06.

This is from a total cash prize of £6,981,000:00 (six million, nine hundred and eighty one thousand pound sterling),shared amongst the 26 lucky Winners in this category i.e Match 3 plus bonus.All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 1,000,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.

Your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £268,500:00 (Two and Sixty Eight Thousand,Five hundred pound Sterling) will be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.Our European agents will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact them.

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!.

You can go to our online result site to confirm your
winnings and also get a prize
breakdown: http://www.national-lottery.com/resultsnational.asp

To file for your claim,Please contact our Fiduciary Agent for validation.
*******************************************************************
MRS ELIZABETH HICKMAN
FIDUCIARY AGENT, Payment and Release order Department,
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY CLAIMS PROCESSING AGENT.
OCEANIC BT, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Email: claimsagentehickman@yahoo.co.uk
Tel:+447024084463
Tel:+447024084508
*******************************************************************
Endeavour to email them the following informations for immediate processing,
verification and legalization of claims in order for payment to be made to you as
required in accordance with our payout policy.
FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
TELEPHONE:(HOME/MOBILE)
AMOUNT WON:
REF NUMBER:.
BATCH NUMBER:
WINNING NUMBER:
TICKET NUMBER:
MODE OF PAYMENT:(Bank or Certified check) please chose one of the options.
Congratulations from me and members of staff of UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully
Kevin Jones
(Online Coordinator for UKNATIONAL LOTTERY)





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