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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: pj2377@mchsi.com (sjones_serena@yahoo.co.uk)
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:43:20 +0000
Subject: YOU WON!!!

NATIONAL LOTTERY
8 LOWER MALL,
HAMMERSMITH
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Phone +447031860397

Dear Lucky Winner,

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

RE: BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Dreamfield National
Lottery (international program) held on the 22 August, 2007.

Your e-mail. address attached to ticket #: 34090322816 with prize
#435680-00/12 drew 1,000,000.00 GBP which came out first in the 1st
Category of the draws.You have been approved to receive 500,000.00 GBP(Five
Hundred
Thousand Pounds).
Because of claims mix-up and the limited time claims pay-outs, we will
advice that you keep your winning information confidential until your
prize (500,000.00 GBP) has been remitted to you by our accredited
paying bank.

You must adhere to this instructions strictly to avoid loss
of your cash prize - this program has been abused severally , so we are

doing all we can to forestall further abuse by way of wrong claims.
It's important to note that this draws were conducted formally under
the watchful eyes of over 45,000 audiences. Winners are selected
through
an internet ballot system from 160,000 personal and corporate
e-mail addresses.
The program sponsored/supported by MCI Networks in conjunction with
Dream field National Lottery. Congratulate you once again.

All winning must be claimed not later than 10-days after you receive
this notification.
Failure to claim your cash prize after this date will result in prize
forfeiture. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications
remember to quote person all and winning numbers in correspondence with
paying bank.
Kindly send the following for remittance of your funds:
(i) Your names...................................
(ii) Contact telephone and fax numbers..............................
(iii) Contact Address..................................................
(iv) Your winning numbers.........................................
(v) Quote amount won..........................................
(vi) Occupation.....................................................
(vii) Sex................................................
(viii) Country..................................
(ix) Age.......................................

Contact the dispatching officer Dreamfield National Lottery
with the following immediately:

Contact person: Ms. Serena Jones
E-mail: sjones_serena@yahoo.co.uk
Congratulations once again.
Yours in service,
Mrs Sarah Milch.
Lottery
Coordinator.
N.B:
1.All claims are nullified after 20 working days from today.
2.Your Ref number must be in all your mails with the claims officer.
3.Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or
addresses.
4.Please do not reply to this email. Contact your claims agent.
_______________________________________________________________________
The INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
UK. is proudly sponsored by financial Corp's, the Dreamfield Lottery
Group and a
conglomeration of other international IT companies. and is organized to
encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide. We are proud
to say that over 200 Million Pounds are won annually in more than 150
countries worldwide

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