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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: "brain-hunt-77@terra.es" <brain-hunt-77@terra.es>
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 12:22:29 +0100 (MET)
Subject: CALL TO CONFIRM YOUR WINNING







MOTTO: TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF COMPUTER AND INTERNET.

UK ONLINE NOTIFICATION DESK.
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!
UKONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;
(Registration Z720633X).

UK National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X/05
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#978) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on 30th January 2007. Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number: 5647560054 188 with Serial
number 5368/02 jack pot lotto winners drew the lucky
numbers:(-02-06-21-34-35-49-(46-)"bonus no 46. which subsequently won"you the lottery in
the 2nd category i.e. match 5 plus bonus. You have therefore been
approved to claim a total sum of (£1,500,000.00 pounds)
(One Million Five Hundred Thousand pounds)in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03 in a total sum of £10,000,000.00 (ten million pounds
sterlings) lotto jackpot shared amongst the first four (10) lucky winners
in this category i.e. Match 5 plus! Bonus with percentage 16.9% .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 promotion takes place weekly.Please note that your lucky winning
number falls within our London booklet representative office in London
as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your (£1.500,000.00 pounds)
(One Million Five Hundred Thousand pounds)
would be released to you by any of our payment offices in London.Our
fiduciary 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
claims is processed and your moneyremitted 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.
For payment, please do provide with the following informations: And
send to our Fiduciary Agent.






WINNER'S VERIFICATION FORM


WINNER'S PERSONAL DATA



First Name.: *



Middle Name.:


Last Name.: *







Gender.: MaleFemale







Month Of Birth.: Month January Febuary March April MayJune JulyAugust September October November December

Day: Day1 23 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Year:







Marital Status.: Single Married Divorced


Nationality.: *


Religion.:


Occupation.:





Address 1.: *


Address 2.:


City.: *


State/Province.: *


Zip Code.: *







Mobile phone No.: *


House Phone No.: *


Fax No.:


Email Address.: * eg. username@domainname.com







WINNING INFORMATION


Batch Number.: *


Serial Number.: *


Refrence Number.: *




This is to verify that the information filled in this FORM is a valid particulars of me. Yes: No:








CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT FOR WINNING CLAIMS

REV STEPHANO KABBA

Email: kabba_your_fiduciary_agent@yahoo.co.uk

PHONE +447011140338


CONGRATULATIONS from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY.









Rev. Sister Lois Lee.
(zonal co-ordinator)



Past winners.





Brain Hunt.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program
NATIONAL LOTTERY
Brain Hunt Controller
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