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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: " Linda Conroy" <customer.service@liverpoolnl.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 05:35:38 -1100
Subject: ****Confirm Winning Reciept***

LIVERPOOL NATIONAL LOTTERY
Customer Service
The City, 3 Bishops Gate,
London, EC3 1GR
UNITED KINGDOM

June7th 2007

DEAR WINNER,

LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to announce you as one of the 4 lucky
winners in THE LIVERPOOL NATIONAL LOTTERY draws (#301)
held MONDAY, 28TH May 2007 here in London, United
Kingdom, Your e-mail address attached to email-ticket
number (4330015W7), with serial number
83811/03, drew the lucky numbers,
(15)- (01)-(41)-(07)-(30)-(29) bonus (03),
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1ST
category in this month's draw. Our winners are
arranged into three different categories with
different winning prizes accordingly in each category.

They are arranged in the form below:

CATEGORY NO.OF WINNERS WINNING PRIZES
1st. 4 GBP£1.000,000:00 each
2nd. 10 GBP£420,000:00 each
3rd. 35 GBP£75,000:00 each


Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a
total pay out of GBP 1.000,000 Great British Pounds
Sterling (One Million Great British Pounds Sterling)
only.

YOUR WINNING REF: UK-LON/2091M9/01

WINNING BATCH: LNL102/05/07

This is from a total cash prize of GBP£4.000.000.00
(Four Million Great British Pounds Sterling) shared
amongst the first four (4) lucky winners in this
category. All 4 lucky winning

Email addresses were randomly selected from World Wide
Web sites through Computer ballot system extracted
from over 100,000 international emails, unions,
associations,and corporate bodies that are listed
online. This promotion takes place annually. In view
of this, your 1. Million Pounds will be released to
you as soon as you contact our Claims Department
Manager.

Please contact our Claims Department Manager under
listed to file for your claim. He will immediately
commence the process to facilitate the release of your
funds as soon as you contact him.

****************************************************
Mr. Anton Brooks
Claims Department Manager
THE LIVERPOOL NATIONAL LOTTERY
Email: proc.office2007@yahoo.com.hk
****************************************************

Note: Endeavour to email our Claims Department Manager
and Provide him with you winning and reference number
to complete claims verification and validate your
winnings/prize money to facilitate the release of your
funds as soon as you contact him. Good luck from me
and members of staff of THE LIVERPOOL NATIONAL LOTTERY


Yours faithfully,

Linda Conroy
Online Coordinator,
For: LIVERPOOL NATIONAL LOTTERY DEPARTMENT

WINNERS BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE WILL BE DISQUALIFIED
AUTOMATICALLY. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.


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