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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 <corrpuratedinc4@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <awardonlineclaim@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 08:45:05 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION



The National LotteryP O Box 1010Liverpool, L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM(Customer Services)Ref: UK/9420X2/68Batch: 074/05/ZY369 NOTE:SEND ALL MESSAGES TO AWARDONLINECLAIM@YAHOO.CO.UK CALL HIM TO CLAIM YOUR WINNINGS AS DIRECTED BELOW. WINNING NOTIFICATION:Congratulations Winners of the draw (#1012) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on 10th of september 2007.It is yet to be claimed and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as regards this. Your e-mail address was attached toTicket number: 56475600545 188Serial number: 5368/02Your lucky numbers: 04-29-39-41-43-45 (bonus no.42). which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus. You are therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £987,470 ( Nine hundred and eighty seven thousand,four hundred and seventy pounds sterling)in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. Will be released to you by any of our payment officer. Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your winning prize as soon as you contact him. 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. 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 manner you deem fit to claim your prize, this is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned. To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent.The agent's Contact are below:MR WILLIAMS WOODSTel: +447045714939Fax: +447075004814Official Email:AWARDONLINECLAIM@YAHOO.CO.UK Endeavour to email him the following details immediately: * FILL OUT THE WINNERS VERIFICATION FORM BELOW: Your application for the claim of lottery winning prize will be duly processed and settlement made upon certification. Hence, carefully fill in the appropriate information in the space provided below for record purposes to facilitate our immediate commencement of your claims process. *Name of Beneficiary:-------------------------------*Address:---------------------------------------------*City/State:------------------------------------------*Nationality:------------------------*Sex-----------AGE-------------------------------------- *Email Address:--------------------------------------*Tel:1-----------------------------------------------*Occupation:-----------------------OFFICE USE ONLYVerified by:________________Confirmed by: ________________FUDICIARY AGENT SIGNATURE:________________ CONGRATULATIONS FROM ME AND MEMBERS OF STAFF OF THE NATIONAL LOTTERY. This email may contain information which is confidential and/or privileged. The information is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient,be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents is prohibited.If you have received this electronic transmission in error,please notify the sender by telephone or return email and delete the material from your computer. Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE NATIONAL LOTTERYYours faithfully,Ella Green(Mrs)Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes
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