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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: <uknationalpromotions@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:11:13 -0100
Subject: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT

Support Centre
Bevan House
51 Bevan Avenue
London, United Kingdom
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
REF: UNL/26510460037/02
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD

ATTENTION: Sir/Madam,
RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

We happily announce to you the draw (#1183) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International
program held on Wed 20th June 2007. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 023-0148-790-459
with Serial number 5073-11 drew the lucky numbers: 01 07 25 31 32 39 bonus ball 18 which subsequently won
you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 6. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
£1,000,000 (One Million Pound Sterling Only) in cash credited to file REF NO. UNL/26510460037/02.

This is from a total cash prize of £5,000,000 shared amongst the second five (5) lucky winners in this
category. Draw 1183 Wed 20th June 2007.

Jackpot £5,000,000.

NUMBER OF MATCHES No OF WINNERS £s PER WINNER TOTAL
Match 6 5 £1,107,042.80 £5,535,214
Match 5 plus bonus 7 £243,306 £1,703,142
Match 5 381 £2,793 £1,064,133
Match 4 26475 £88 £2,329,800
Match 3 561913 £10 £5,619,130

Additional Information Jackpot winner(s) 2 Machine used for draw MOONSTONE Winners by Lucky Dip 216277
Ball set used 7. 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 take place weekly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of
this, your £1,000,000 (One Million Pounds Sterling Only), would be released to you by any of our payment
offices in Europe.

Our European 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 European Paying Bank; Post Bank NL in The Netherlands through
the Assistants Director, Processing/Operations Department.

Mr. Joseph Elmer.
Email:podfinance@aim.com
www.postbank .nl
Also provide him with the following details too:

Full Names:
Telephone
Fax number:
Nationality:
Age:
Occupation:

For due processing and remittance of your prize money, please remember to quote your reference and batch
numbers in every one of your correspondences with your agent. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not
later than 4weeks. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,
Frank Elis Jan
Zonal Co-ordinator.



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