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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: "Gina Anderson" <justelate20@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: brian2claimagent@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:52:40 -0600
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

The National Lottery
P.O. Box 1010 Liverpool
L70 1NL United Kingdom.
Ref:SGIL/763276/03
Batch:074/05/ZY3

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

Dear Lucky Winner,

We happily announce to you the draw (#995) of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International
Program held on 10th January, 2007.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
5647600545188 with Serial number 5073-11 drew the
lucky numbers: 03-12-17-3-36-44-49-20 which subsequently won you one of the Five Jackpot prizes(match 5 plus bonus).

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,500,000 in cash credited to file SGIL/763276/03.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 2,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.

In view of this, your £1,500,000would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.

To file for your claim, please contact our Fiduciary Officer:
Mr. Brian Goodwin
Email:
briangoodwinclaimagent@yahoo.co.uk
Tel:011-447024094058

He will be in the best position to prepare your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant documents/paperwork.

You would be required to show an instrument of identification when cashing your cheque i.e. Drivers license or International passport.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims 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.

Good luck from me and members of staff of the U.K
Yours faithfully,
Gina Anderson
Online Co-ordinator for U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program



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