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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: UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION OFFICE
<bonusukprom2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <Bonus_ukclaims@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 10:01:10 +0000
Subject: Congratulation (Winner of Lottery Promotion)





FROM DESK OF: PROMOTIONS MANAGER.The National Lottery P O Box
1290London, L70 1NLUNITED KINGDOM DEAR WINNER, [REF
Nº:UKPG43/215GT/2007] [BATCH Nº: SSJ/BTS/106] RE: BONUS
PROMOTIONAL PRIZE/AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION The management of UK
National Lottery is pleased to inform you that you have emerged one of the
Seventeen (17) winners of our 4th International online awareness Sweepstakes
Program which was drawn on the 21th of June, 2007. Your email/company, attached
to compu-ticket play coupon No.325-1232-23413-2143, with serial number 23-51-206
drew the lucky numbers: 14-26-34- 36-38-47 Bonus (16), and consequently won the
lottery. You have therefore been approved for the lump sum pay out of
£550,000.00(Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand GB Pounds); in cash credited, to
file Nº:UKPG43/215GT/2007. This is from total prize money of
£4,200,000.00 (Four Million, Two Hundred GB Pounds) Promotional budget shared
among the Seventeen (17) International winners in this category.
Participants were selected automatically selected by Computer Ballot
System (CBS), listings of all global names in the four geographic continents,
which could be found on-line. The internet emailing idea was used, since most
people who are not able to purchase tickets can play outside the UK .
This is a part of UK National Lottery contribution towards economic
upliftment and the reduction of known Epidemics. This draw automatically
qualifies you for our "End of year 2007" International Grand draw of 2 Billion
GB Pounds Sterling that will take place by the end promotional year 2007 (more
info from our promotions office).Your fund is now available for claim. For due
processing and remittance of your prize money, to your chosen account or
preferred payment method, please contact our United Kingdom Regional Overseas
Claims/Payment Unit on the following address: Contact: Dr. Martin
C. Flemings (Regional Claims Manager)Tel: +447031845642Email: Bonus_ukclaims@yahoo.co.uk
It is important to provide the following information clearly, to avoid any
delays in processing your cash award.Full
Name:__________________Age:________________________Gender:_____________________Occupation:_________________Ref:
_________________________Batch:_______________________Tel/Fax:_____________________Email:________________(also
include an alternative email address e.g. @yahoo.com)Country of
Origin:____________Country of residence:_________ NB: All claims
must be submitted to the claims department not later than two weeks of this
notification, otherwise will be automatically disqualified and Prize returned to
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Trust Account as unclaimed. Our winners are
assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, And press anonymity
until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further
advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of
proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims. This is
part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse
of this program. Any lottery double claim attempt detected by our monitoring
committee will lead to automatic disqualification and prize returned to our
lottery pool as unclaimed. We hope with a part of your prize, you will
participate in our End of Year high stakes GB Pounds 2 Billion International
Lottery. Should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent
as soon as possible. Congratulations!! Once again from all our staff and thank
you for Being part of our promotional programs. At your disposal, I
remain. Very Truly Yours, MRS ELIZABETH MCPHERSON(Lottery
co-ordinator)UK National Lottery Online Promotions
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