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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: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY <writeto5@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <office_hsbcfinancehouse@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 05:31:18 -0600
Subject: YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS WON YOU 950,000GBP (FILE YOUR CLAIMS!!)



















THE NATIONAL LOTTERY P O BOX 1010LIVERPOOL, L70 1NLUNITED KINGDOM

REFERENCE NUMBER:UK/839030X2/14BATCH NUMBER:065/088/XY24TICKET NUMBER:023-1111-790-458
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
National U.K Lottery wishes to inform you the results of the E-mailaddressballot lottery international program by Great Britain Your email account have been picked as a winner of(GBP £950,000.00)This results is now released your email address attached to Draw 1034 October 2007.Jackpot 04-09-10-19-24-37 Bonus ball 28 participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from Microsoft users from company and individual email addresses users.

Be advice to keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program,For the release of your winning.All winning must be claimed not late than One Week of Acknowledgment.
After this date all unclaimed funds will be returned to EuropeanUnion Treasury as Unclaimed. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence. You are therefore advised to give the following information's to your Claims Department:
**************************************************************************************************Mr Tony Moore
Official Email: office_hsbcfinancehouse@yahoo.co.uk
Tel:+447045761297
Foreign Services Manager,

Payment and Release order Department,
HSBC FINANCE HOUSE 7 Cranston Way, Forest Hill,23SE 2HA London,UNITED KINGDOM.
**************************************************************************************************




1. FULL NAMES:_______________________________________________________

2.NATIONALITY:_______________________________________________________
3. AGE________________________________________
4. SEX:_______________________
5.CONTACT ADDRESS:_____________________________________________
6.TELEPHONE NUMBER:___________________
7.OCCUPATION:______________________________
8.WINNING NUMBER:_________________________________________
9TOTAL AMOUNT WON:_________________________________________


Endeavour to email him your full names,winning numbers,email/billing address,telephone immediately.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Please send your reply via email to: office_hsbcfinancehouse@yahoo.co.uk
Congratulations from members of staff of THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs Julian Parkinson

Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International Program.

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