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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: sorteo@suk6.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:45:49 +0100 (CET)
Subject: EUROPEAN AWARD TEAM


EUROPEAN AWARD TEAM
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!
BRITISH WEB LOTTERY IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;
(Registration Z720633X)
The Marina Offices,
St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HX England
(Customer Services)
Ref: WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online
Sweepstakes International program held on 25th Feb 2008. It is yet
to be unclaimed and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as regards
this. Your e-mail address attached to the lucky numbers: 2, 3, 17, 22,
40, 42, And (Bonus ball(18), which subsequently won you the lottery in
the 1st category i.e. JACKPOT. You have therefore been approved to
claim a total sum of €615.810.00(Six Hundred and fifteen Thousand, Eight Hundred and
Ten Euros Only ) in cash credited to
file number BTW/7083178401/LO and Draw Number: 1137/Batch number SP/DR4210/08
This is from a total cash prize shared amongst the(7)lucky winners in
this category i.e JACKPOT bonus. 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 is part of the
Country\\\'s
Programme to fund for the Olympic Games in 2012 The £1.5bn Olympic
lottery
puzzle (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4719851.stm)
The Olympic fund-raising games will include a TV draw The National
Lottery may have seemed a relatively simple way of helping pay for the
Olympics. The Lottery must raise £1.5bn over the next seven years to
pay its share of the public money going into the Olympics. A further £650m
will be raised from council tax in London and another £250m from the
London Development Agency, while similar sums will be raised from
ticket sales, marketing, sponsorship and the sale of television rights.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play
coupon.
In view of this, your €615.810.000 Euros will be released to
you, by our payment office in SPAIN. Our European agent will immediately
commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as
you contact him. 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 Administration Assistant:
NAME:JOSE RAUL WILLIAMS
Official Email: ukinfocentrol@switched.com
Telephone +34-680-804-639
Fax +34-940-467-002
Endeavour to email your full names, File and draw numbers/Batch number, email
address, telephone and fax numbers immediately. You can go to our
online result site to confirm the value of your winnings and also get a prize
breakdown:- http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/information.do?info =
unclaimed prizes Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE
NATIONAL web LOTTERY®.
Yours faithfully,
Jordan Bradwell
Online Coordinator
For UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program © Copyright 2008 ®.

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