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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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Fraud email example:

From: Terry Desk <terrydesk138uk@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 01:40:45 +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
WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw (#1189) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on Wed 16th May 2007. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:57475600645 188 with Serial number 368/06 drew the lucky numbers: 09-20-22-24-27-28 (bonus no.12), 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 £738,309 (Seven Hundred And Thirty Eight Thousand, Three Hundred & Nine GBP sterling)in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. 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.
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 £738,309 (Seven Hundred And Thirty Eight Thousand, Three Hundred & Nine GBP sterling) 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 NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International Program.

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