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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: Terry Desk <terrydesk168uk@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <terrydesk@aim.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 22:11:03 +0200
Subject: Mr. Terry Bledsoe



Mr. Terry Bledsoe THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY P O BOX 1010 LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM (Customer Services) Ref No: UK/7420X5/68 Batch No: 084/05/ZY36R9 AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION:We are pleased to inform you of the result of UK NATIONAL LOTTERY 2007, which was held on 16th May, 2007. Your e-mail address attached ticket number:57475600645 188 Serial number 368/06 drew the lucky numbers: 09-20-22-24-27-28 (bonus no.12),that drew a prize of £738,309 (Seven Hundred And Thirty Eight Thousand, Three Hundred & Nine GBP sterling). This is from a total cash prize of £8,003,667 shared amongst the Eleven (11)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 357378 unions,associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This lucky draw came first in the 2nd Category of the Sweepstake.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@hotmail.comTel: +44-703-191-5877 Fax: +44-871-504-9411 NOTE: 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 NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International Program.
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