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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 NATIONALL ONLINE LOTTERY <info_uknationallotteryagent009@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 04:30:16 +0800 (CST)
Subject: CONTACT EXCEL COURIER COMPANY FOR YOUR DELIVERY







ATTENTION: Winner ,

CONGRATULATIONS!This is to inform you that you have been cleared a winner of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY online Sweepstakes International program.


PARTICIPANTS : 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 takes place weekly .


I am happy to inform you, your Original Certificate and your Certified bank cheque has been fowarded to the courier company.
Find below the details of the courier company.

EXCEL COURIERS SERVICE
ADDRESS OF HEAD OFFICE: Unit 4 Park Hill Industrial Park, Kings Street,
Bristol, BS7 0EB United Kingdom
NAME:MR DAVE MARK dispatch officer)

EMAIL: info_excelcourierservice01@yahoo.com.hk
EMAIL: contact_excelcourierservice@yahoo.co.uk

TEL:+447011134211
TEL:+4447011134207
FAX:+448704711173

You are advised to send the courier company a mail to their email address for their courier cost.When contacting them,you are to include this your winning amount as your subject.and your order number which is:71539

Note: you are Quote your complete names,Ref/Batch Numbers,winning amount and your direct phone number so that they can honour your letter.Once again i say congratulations and always inform me with your dealings with the courier company.and send your contact address to the courier company and your Date of birth.


Congratulations once again from all the staff here. Inorder to verify your winnings, we need yourparticulars for record purposes. Attached here is acopy of our verifications form, please fill accordingly so as to proceed with your winnings. Once again congratulations from all the staff.

1. FULL
NAMES:____________________________________________

2. DATE OF
BIRTH:_________________________________________________

3. SEX:___________________________

4. MARITAL
STATUS:_____________________________________

5.CONTACT ADDRESS:____________________________________

6.TELEPHONE
NUMBER:________________________________________

7.OCCUPATION:________________________________________________


8. COUNTRY :______________________


9.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF
COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL:_/________________________________


Upon receipt of the duly requested datas,i`ll send youthe contact information of the payment office so you can proceed with effecting the release of your claimin anyway you deem fit.

Warm Regards.

you are to fill this form and send tothe courier department

Thanks,
Mr.WILLIAM DOUGLAS
Claims Agent,
UK NATIONAL LOTTO





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