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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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Fraud email example:

From: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY LOTTERY <uknl_cldept07@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <uknationallotteryclaimsagents009@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:50:25 +0100
Subject: DEAR WINNER AWARD NOTIFICATION




UK NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERSThe Marina Offices, St Peters Yacht Basin,Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HX England
DEAR, WINNER RE / AWARD NOTIFICATION / PROCESSMENT ADVICE We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 5nd October 2007,and consequently won the lottery in the 1st category.You have therefore been approved of a lump sum pay £3,187,556 (THREE MILLION ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SEVEN THOUSAND POUNDS) which has been credited to file REF NO. SGIL/763276/03.
This is from the total prize money of £20,000,000.00 which is to be shared among the forty national winners in categories C with serial number:IL/FLW/S/N-5368/02
All participants were selected through a computer ballot systemdrawn of winners of THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY; UNITED KINGDOM / PROGRAMS HELD ON 16TH OF OCTOBER, 2007. Your email address attached to ticket number from 25,000 company email addresses and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from Australia, New Zealand, America,Europe,North America,Africa and Asia as part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually. CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now deposited with WHITE STAR SECURITY NETWORK and insured in your REFERENCE FILE. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names,weaskthat you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. Our group of philanthropist headed by UNITED KINGDOM'S government promoted this lottery program. REF No: UK/9420X2/68BATCH No: 074/05/ZY369SERIAL No:IL/FLW/S/N-5368/02
To begin your claim, please contact your file/claim officer: Contact Person: Mr.Tin SmithTEL:0-702-409-2845FAX:+ 448 701 373 951 EMAIL: uknationallotteryclaimsagents009@yahoo.co.uk FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER WHITE STAR SECURITY NETWORK.

Please be informed that NON RESIDENTS of THE UNITED KINGDOM will be required to make a NON DEDUCTABLE advance payment for processment and legal documentation charges of £1,860 as required by the WHITE STAR SECURITY NETWORK.
Please be aware that our Paying Authority will Effect Payment Swiftly upon satisfactory Report,Verifications and validation provided by our processing Agent; that would be designated to your file for due processment and remittance of your prize to any designated account of your choice. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than TWo weeks from notice After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
Do fill out the claims form to Mr.Tin Smith in other to process the claims of your prize without delay. PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM

1.FULL NAMES:2.ADDRESS:3.SEX:4.AGE:5.MARITAL STATUS:6.OCCUPATION:7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:9.AMOUNT WON:10. COUNTRY: Thank you. PARK WILSON. (Lottery Coordinator) CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT FOR DETAILS ON HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE.
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