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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: "Mrs....Sade Jones" <fromuknlottery@dcbaseball.com>
Date: 15 Jun 2007 09:07:38 -0000
Subject: YOUR EMAIL WON ONLINE LOTTERY!!!

The National Lottery

P O Box 1010

Liverpool, L70 1NL

UNITED KINGDOM

(Customer Services)

Date:29TH of Feb, 2007.







WINNING NOTIFICATION:



Dear Winner,



We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement today, 14th JUNE, 2007 of winners of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE PROMO PROGRAMME, held on the 29TH of Feb, 2007.



Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:Bonus Ball [02] which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 3 plus bonus.



You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,000,000 (One Million pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.



This is from a total cash prize of £10,000,000 shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 4 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.





This promotion takes place yearly. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our African booklet representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon.In view of this, your £1,000,000 (One million pounds sterlings)would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Africa.





Our African agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact her. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential your claim is processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.



Please contact our claims agent with the verifivation form below Overseas Claims Unit,



Africa Lottery Fiduciary:

Mrs. TRACIE MOORE

EMAIL : uknlottery75@yahoo.co.uk



CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM:

NAME.......................

SEX:.......................

AGE........................

OCCUPATION.................

TEL........................

COUNTRY....................

E-MAIL.....................

WINNING NUMBER.............



Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims.



Yours faithfully,

Sade Jones(Mrs).





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