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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: Alton Williams <altonwilliams2007@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:37:16 +0100 (BST)
Subject: UK/Olympic/2012


IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:UK/Olympic/2012.

ATTN: Winner,

I am in receipt of your email, I am Mr. Alton Williams, an Agent to the UK National Lottery. I am to direct you on how to receive your Winnings/funds.

You should count yourself extremely lucky to have emerged as one of our winners in this years lucky dip sweepstakes of the UK National Lottery.

As you already knows, your email address was randomly selected along with (5) other e-mail addresses from over 125,600 websites on the internet.

Each email address was attached to a file number and your own File (Ticket) number is : KTU/902311832012/06. Your email address was selected along with the five others as winners.

Note: You did not purchase any Ticket for this winning., The ticket number provided to you above, is an online ticket and your email was attached to the it randomly.

Your prize will be remitted to you in one of the Following ways:

1. DELIVERY VIA CHEQUE
2. WIRE/SWIFT TRANSFER

You are required to complete the below Prize Claim Form ( As a normal plain text), and provide a proof of your identity (Any valid ID of yourself as an email attachment).The Text of the Form is provided below:

Full Name: .....................
Address: ......................
Sex: ........................
Age: ...........................
Phone Number: ....................
Ticket Number:.......................
ID Number: .........................
Amount Won:..................

The above form should be completed and sent to the Bank, so that your funds will be released to you by the Bank after verifying your identity with the above form.

Your funds will be remitted to you by the Bank, within 2 days after verifications. Complete the above Prize Claim Form and summit it to:

National Westminster Bank Plc
Chief Financial Officer
Name: Rev Gordon Pell
Branch Tel:+44 704 570 1257
Direct Tel: +44 704 571 6958
Direct Fax:+44-709 286 5139
Fax: +44-87-0912-5960
24-hour Telephone Banking 0704 570 0840(For Emergencies)
International +44 (0)704 570 0840(For Emergencies)
Bank Email : delivery@natwestcourier.e -bankers.org.uk (COURIER)
Bank Email : account@natwest.e-bankers.org .uk (WIRE TRANSFER)

This programme is sponsored by the Board of Trustees & Directors of the UK
National Lotto and the European Lotto, as a massive advert for the 2012 Olympic Games (The £1.5bn Olympic lottery puzzle).

In the course of making your claims, i advise you to abide to the Laws of the Bank, and the British Laws.

I also advise that you add your IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS {UK/OLY/2012} as the subject of any correspondence with the Bank, to ensure they respond in a timely manner.

I will require a concise update on proceedings with the Bank as soon as you are in contact with them. If you need any assistance whatsoever, please do not hesitate to let me know.

Regards
Foreign Department Manager
Administration Assistant
Alton Williams
Tel: +44-704-570-1258
















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