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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: MOORINGSBABE@aol.com
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 08:00:03 EDT
Subject: Received this today


The National Lottery

Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369



WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#980) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on the
2nd of June, 2007.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 14-18-29-33-37-39-47(bonus
no.), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.ematch 5
plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
£516,778.00(Five hundred and Sixteen thousand,seven hundred and
seventy eight pounds sterling only) or $921,201:00(Nine hundred and
twenty one thousand two hundred and one dollars only)in cash/check
credited to file number UK/5678/T85.
This is from a total cash prize of £3,100,673.00 shared amongst the first
six (6) lucky winners in this category i.e Prize for six balls.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from a
World Wide Web sites through a computer draw system and extracted from
over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed
online. This promotion takes place Periodically.
Our 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 claim 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.
To file for your claim, please kindly provide the following
informations and send it to our Fiduciary Agent who shall clear you
as a winner.(1)FULL NAMES (2)DATE OF BIRTH
(3)SEX (4)MARITAL STATUS(5)CONTACT ADDRESS (6)PHONE NUMBERS
(7)OCCUPATION
MR.Peter Taylor
Email:ukwebdraws65@yahoo.co.uk
Upon receipt of the duly requested datas,he shall send to you
the contact information of the paying Office so you can proceed
with effecting the release of your funds.
Goodluck from me and members of staff of The U.K National Lottery.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Lucy Baines
ONLINE SUPERVISOR






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