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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: "John Paul" <johnpaul117uk@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: terrydesk@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 15:51:17 +0200
Subject: Mr. Terry Bledsoe

Mr. Terry Bledsoe
THE UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
P O BOX 1010
LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
ef No: UK/9420X2/68
Batch No: 074/05/ZY36R9

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#1146) of the UK INTERNATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on Wed 2nd
May 2007. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with
Serial number 368/06 drew the lucky numbers: 05-08-11-27-30-46 (bonus
no.34), 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 368,632 (Three Hundred And Sixty Eight Thousand Six Hundred And
Thirty
Two pounds sterling)in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of 1,349,056 shared amongst the Eight
(08)lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus 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.

However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to
different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. The selection
process was carried out through random selection in our computerized
email selection machine (TOPAZ).

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 368,632 (Three
Hundred And Sixty Eight Thousand Six Hundred And Thirty Two pounds
sterling
Only) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
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
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 is to
avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

To file for your claim, please contact our claims agent.
Fudiciary Agent: Mr. Terry Bledsoe
Official Email: terrydesk@aim.com
Tel: +44-703-191-5877
Fax: +44-871-504-9411
NOTE: The lucky numbers are the lotto numbers. Endeavour to go to our
online result site to confirm the value of your winnings and also get a
prize
breakdown:- http://national-lottery.co.uk/p/results.do

Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE UK INTERNATIONAL
LOTTERY.


Yours faithfully,
Mr.Richard K. Lloyd
Online coordinator for THE UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.

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