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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: NATIONAL LOTTERY <l00.451@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:46:08 +0000
Subject: Congratulations





National Lottery HeadquartersCustomer Service 28 TANFIELD ROAD, LONDON, United Kingdom.
Tel: ++44-703-184-2821
Fax: +44 870 974 3115Customer Service/Claims DepartmentReference numbers: RF2052007/21Batch numbers: BT12/53/0034

WINNING NOTIFICATION
With pleasure The National Lottery, organizers of the UK National Online sweepstakes promo, Euromillions, Daily Play, Thunderball, Lotto Hotpicks and Lotto Extra announce to you the result of draw #1154 of the UK National sweepstakes online International Program held on the 16th of June 2007 in United Kingdom.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 647560545 -168 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the Lucky numbers:

Bonus


Which subsequently won you one of the lucky dip prizes. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £380,000.00 (Three Hundred and Eighty Thousand British Pounds Sterlings) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/07. This is from a total cash prize of £3,800,000.00 (Three Million ,Eight Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterlings), shared amongst the Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 1,000,000 unions, associations,and corporate bodies email addresses that are listed online.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our African booklet representative office in South Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your ( £380,000.00 ) would be released to you by our paying office in South Africa as soon as you are in contact with your claims agent. This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). Our African 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 contact our Claims Agent via E-mail or phone call with the Information Below:

Amount to be Claim:
Reference Number:
Batch Number:
Ticket Number:
Serial Number:

WINNERS INFORMATION1.FULL NAMES: ...........................................................................2.ADDRESS: .................................................................................3.SEX: ..........................................................................................4.AGE: .........................................................................................5.MARITAL STATUS:.................................................................... 6.OCCUPATION: ...........................................................................7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:.....................................................................8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:...............................................................9. COUNTRY :................................................................................

Mr. Philip Gaba
Claims/Customer Service DepartmentEmail: mrphilip_gaba@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +27 73 999 2804
Fax: +27-86 609 2804


NOTE: All winnings must be claimed within 20 days from today. After this date all unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence with your claims agent.

Thank you for being part of our promotional sweepstakes program.Once again congratulations from the entire staff of the U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Gina Cruz
Online coordinator for UK MEGA JACKPOT PROMO
Copyright © 2007 UK MEGA JACKPOT Lottery Promotion






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