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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: silver sandra <mrs_s_sandra90@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <d_fiduciaryagen_t@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 06:16:56 -0400
Subject: Congratulations Europe Lottery Winner



FROM: PROMOTIONS DEPARTMENT OF UK ROYAL NATIONAL LOTTERY, WINNING NOTICE FOR SILVER STAKE WINNER-Ref. No.-RNL/051/652659968/UK Attention: We happily announce to you that UK
Royal National Lottery has just concluded its final draws of it's
periodical promotional program. An exclusive list of email addresses of
thousands of individual and corporate bodies were picked by automated
random computer search from the internet. No tickets were sold. Your
email address emerged as one of seven winners in the silver stakes
category as email addresses were sought out from a total number of
1,000,000 email addresses draw from all over the globe (Europe, North
and South America, Middle East and Africa). After an automated computer
ballot of our International Promotions Program, only SEVEN winners
emerged in this category and therefore each are to receive payouts of
EU1,000,000.00(ONE MILLION EURO ONLY) from the total of EU7,000,000.00
(SEVEN MILLION EURO).However, every email address selected was accompanied by a
reference and ticket number, after the cyber lotto selection, the below
ticket and reference numbers emerged as one of the lucky winners in the
above category. CONGRATULATIONS!!! Reference number for your prize is:
Ref.No.-RNL/051/652659968/UK Ticket No.-RNL87868UKFor your prize
claim process, we have employed the service of an lnternational Trust
firm. They are to handle the transfer of your cash prize of
EU1,000,000.00(ONE MILLION EURO ONLY) in line with ourprocedures
and upon your directions. Your prize has been insured to its full value
with your email address and will be transferred to you under their
professional service.To immediately file your claim, please contact
our Fudiciary agent Scottish Finance & Securities Company, below
are the contact information of their FINANCIAL DIRECTOR; MR. BARRY SMITHFinance Director,Scottish finance & Security
companyUnited KingdomEmail: d_fiduciaryagen_t@yahoo.co.ukPhone Number: +44-70457 19240 In
your best interest, you must initiate contact within 5 days of receipt
of this correspondence, Scottish Finance & Securities Company are
to handle all matters with regards to claiming of your prize money.You
are also advised to send a copy of this email to your claims agent
MR.BARRY SMITH, when contacting him. You may be required to provide any
of the above information during the process of collecting your prize.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims file is processed and your money remitted
to you. This is part of our precautionary measureto avoid double/multiple claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program, Please be warned!!! We
congratulate you once again and it is our hope that you participate in
any of our international programs in the nearest future and we will
appreciate your assistance in helping us maintain the integrity of the
entire UK Royal National Lottery. Thank you and CONGRATULATIONS!!!.Sincerely,Mrs. Silver SandraPromotion managerRoyal National Lottery,United Kingdom.
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