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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: Uk Lottery Claims Office <seanbarry_ukclaimsofficedept@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:35:49 +0100 (BST)
Subject: CLAIMS VERIFICATION / FUND RELEASE FORM



The U.K. National Lottery
12 Bridge Street,
Staines Middlesex TW18 4TP
United Kingdom.

Customer Service/Claims Department

Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05
Batch: R3/A312-59


ATTN:Sir/Madam,

I am Sean Barry your claims agent who is to guide you through the process of claiming your cash prize. In order to proceed with the verification process, we require some information for record and verification purposes. Below is a copy of the Claims Verification/Fund Release Form, we need you to provide the information requested accordingly to enable us proceed with the verification process prior to the payout of your winnings.


All participants for the online version of the lottery draw 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 that are listed online and each email address was attatched to a ticket number. Your email address attatched to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 was selected which automatically makes you one of our lucky winners.



CLAIMS VERIFICATION / FUND RELEASE FORM

1. Full Name:

2. Address:

3. Marital Status:

4. Occupation:


5. Age:

6. Sex:

7. Nationality:

8. Country of Residence:

9. Telephone Number:

10. Email Address:

11. Amount Won:

You are expected to provide the information requested accordingly to the fiduciary agent immediately via e-mail.

Hope to have informed you correctly.

Best regards,


Mr. Sean Barry
Claims Department
The UKNL Foundation
Tel: +44 70 111 52996

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 !!!

© Copyright 1994-2007 The U.K. National Lottery Inc.








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