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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" <uknationalottery07@rediffmail.com>
Date: 7 Aug 2007 20:57:48 -0000
Subject: {Disarmed} UK NATIONAL LOTTERY CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM;
















&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;P O BOX 1010 LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; UNITED KINGDOM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Customer Services)
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

CONGRATULATIONS:&nbsp;


&nbsp;I am Susan Oxford your fiducairy agent for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

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 until the end of the year.&nbsp;&nbsp;(31/12/2007)
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.&nbsp;&nbsp;(56475600545188)&nbsp;&nbsp; In view of this, your £100,000.00 (&nbsp;One hundred thousand pound) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in London.

In order to verify your winnings, we need your particulars for record purposes.
Attached here is a copy of your&nbsp; verifications form, please fill&nbsp; accordingly so as to proceed with your winnings.

Once again congratulations from all the staff.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;



UK&nbsp;NATIONAL LOTTERY CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM;1.FULL NAMES : ...................................................................................2.FULL POSTAL ADDRESS : .................................................................3.SEX : ..................................................................................................4.AGE : ..................................................................................................5.MARITAL STATUS : ............................................................................6.OCCUPATION : ...................................................................................7.WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS : .............................................................8.TELEPHONE NUMBER : ......................................................................9.DRAW NUMBER : ...............................................................................10.TICKET NUMBER : .......................................................
.....................11.SERIAL NUMBER : ............................................................................12.SCAN COPY OF ID&nbsp;: ............................................................................ 13. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN&nbsp;: ...................................................................

Regards

Susan Oxford



&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; UK NATIONAL LOTTERY WINNERS

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