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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: "Programs Co-ordinator" <nationaltrustagencycenter@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:21:54 +1100
Subject: Re:Award Notification...

European Internation Email Award Prize.
29 Kevinsfort Heath, Strandhill Road, Sligo, Ireland.
UNITED KINGDOM.

Dear Winner,

It our please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the Euro
Millions Lottery International Email Address draw on the 19th of February
2007 due to the mix-up of email addresses, the result was released on the
21th
February 2007. All 10 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch
of 50,000,000 international email addresses. Your email address emerged
alongside 9 others as a category A winner in the Euro Millions Lottery
Draw.
Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
€550,000.00 Euros.

(i) Batch. No· EULO/2907/444/908/06.
(ii) Ticket No: WRNM/SMI/5990
(iii) Lucky No: 10-23-44-72-80
(iv) Serial No: MUOTI/82536
(v)Ref. No· ESM/WIN/008/05/10/MA

The Euro Millones Lottery Program internet draw is held once in a year and is
so organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide. We
are proud to say that over € 200 Million Euros are won annually in more than
150 countries worldwide.

To claim your winning prize you are to contact the appointed agent Below or
Call him via the number as soon as possible for the immediate release of
your winnings:

*********************************************************
****
CONTACT:Philip Weeks
National Trust Agency
10 Brougham St, Edinburgh, EH3 9JS,
UNITED KINGDOM.
TELLINE 1:+44-70111-40390
FAX: 44-707-515-8372
E-mail: nationaltrustagencycenter@yahoo.co.uk

*********************************************************
***

N.B:Steps to claiming your prize;

1.Please quote the numbers attached to your lottery payment order,in all
correspondence with the claims officer.

2. You must contact the appointed agent with your Full Names, Contact
Telephone Numbers (Home, Office and Mobile Number and also Fax Number) via
email to process the immediate payment of your prize.

3. Be informed that the appointed agent will be required to swear an
Affidavits of Lotto Claim and also obtain Approval Legal Clearance
Certificate from the Court here in UNITED KINGDOM which is in accordance
with the European Union
Financial Act 2004 on payment of International Lottery Winners.

Please be aware that the PAYING BANK will Effect Payment Swiftly upon
satisfactory Report, Verifications and validation provided by this fiduciary
agent.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information

confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you.Be
informed that the deadline to claim your winning prize money is two weeks
from the reciept of this notification.

Once again congratulations!!!

Best regards,

Mrs.Emily Simpson.
(Program Co-ordinator.)

NB: In accordance with the EUROPEAN EMAIL PROMOTION PROGRAM E-games policy
and regulations, this notification is dispatched directly to only the 10
lucky consolation prize Winners. This notification also contains information
that
is proprietary,privileged or confidential or otherwise legally exempt from
disclosure. If you are not the right recipient whose email address attached
to the lucky numbers along with the winning informations you are not
authorized
to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this notice or any part of it.

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