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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: U.K.National Lottery online draws <www_noticedesk1003@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:19:48 +0100
Subject:



The U.K.National LotteryP.O.Box 1010Liverpool L70 1NL.(customer service)NOTIFICATION DESK

Attention: Email Account Holder,

Congratulations!! Congratulations!!We happily announce to you the draw (#1221) of the UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY,online promotion International program held on Sat 08 Sept 07. Your active e-mail address attached to the World Wide Web computer generated ticket number: 4405600545 766 with reference number ZATL/5T-0110-FP/08/UKL/07 and Serial number ZA5368/02 ,Batch number XA887-2PY,drew the lucky numbers: 04-10-24-39-49 Bonus 31. Which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. matches 5 plus bonus . You have therefore been allocated to claim a total sum of £462,499.00 (Four Hundred and Sixty Two Thousand,Four Hundred and Ninety Nine Pounds) in cash is credited to file UKPC/9080144308/07. This is from a total cash prize of £8,213,573.00 shared amongst the 255945 with (02) lucky winners in "2" category.
Prize Breakdown------------------------------------------------------------Draw 1221 Sat 08 Sept 07. 04,10,20,24,39,49 Bonus 31------------------------------------------------------------Jackpot for this draw £3,006,244 ------------------------------------------------------------No of matches No of winners £s per winner Prize fund Match 6 1 £3,006,244 £3,006,244 Match 5 plus Bonus 2 £462,499 £924,998 Match 5 206 £2,806 £578,036 Match 4 12073 £105 £1,267,665 Match 3 243663 £10 £2,436,630 Totals 255945 £8,213,573 -----------------------------------------------------------Additional information Jackpot winner(s) Lucky Dip winners Machine used for draw Ball set used 1 113758 AMETHYST 5 ------------------------------------------------------------
All World Wide Web valid email addresse used/participants for the online email version were selected randomly via computerballoting from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies affiliated to the National Lottery and are listed online.This Online promotion takes place via vitual ticket Bi-annually . Please note that your lucky winning ticket fille and number falls within our European booklet representative office in Oxfordshire (UK) as indicated in your ballot played coupon. In view of this, your £462,499.00 would be released to you by our payment department.
Contact our Fiduciary agents immediately to commence release of your lottery prize.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 choice you want to claim your prize. precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse ofthis program are in place. Please be warned!!!To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent and provide him with your winning email details .remember to quote your reffrence numbers. ::::UK Lottery Fiduciary Agents:Mr. Davis KelleyForeign Service Manager2A Islip Road Oxford,London OX2 7SPUnited KingdomTel : + 44-703-189-6911 : + 44-703-191-1699 Fax : + 44 709 287 6829 E-mail : oxfordoffice1@yahoo.co.uk

"Do not reply to this email, sent via computer virtual assistance for response wil not be read my Human but computer"contact the fiduciary agents by telephone or email above " Yours faithfully,Teresa Marie Roberts(Mrs.)Online coordinator.
UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.Copyright (c) 1994-2007 The UK Lottery International Promotion Inc.All rights reserved. Terms of Service -Guideline .
77635 476378 255667460.
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