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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: "ukrainbow promo" <ukrainbowpromo13@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ukrainbowlottery@sify.com
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:46:56 -0700
Subject: OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION


UK RAINBOW POSTCODE LOTERIJ-NL/PROMO

14 Princess Square,

Yorkshire, England

www.postcodeloterij.nl

29th July, 2008.



REFERENCE N0: KH067/0068183JK.

BATCH N0: KC/977/0617569601.

PRIZE NO: PR/CA08/54302



OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION



Attn: Ticket Nº55550064638



Congratulations.



We are glad to notify you that following our application and recommendation
to the Director General and UK Rainbow National Lotto Commission Board/
National Lottery Audit department UK. We wrote on your behalf as a winner
after the investigation by the administrative & public relations department
of our lottery company through the e-Lottery syndicates Nº7160043, Reference
NUMBER: KH067/0068183JK and Batch number KC/977/0617569601.



Your email address attached to the ticket number: 55550064638 that drew the
lucky winning numbers 12-8-9-22-23-5,which consequently won the daily
Jackpot in the first category, in four parts, being prize for 5 balls =
£500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand GBP Only), we received and other related
proof of Ownership from National Lottery Audit department UK.



It is hereby agreed and ordered the release of the fund totaling £500,000.00
(Five Hundred Thousand GBP Only), under the custody and authority of the
Foreign Service Manager / Deutsche Bank, PLC / Liverpool Central Office.UK,
Belonging to the beneficiary as indicated above.



The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from
an exclusive list of 500,000 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate
bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the
internet. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were
assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.



The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 500,000
email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.



This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by
the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This lottery is
the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public. To begin the
processing of your prize, you are to contact your claims officer through our
accredited Prize Transfer agents as stated below:

________________________________________________________________________

Mr. Morris

UK Rainbow National Lottery Accredited Agent

Globe House 4 Temple Place

London WC2R 2PG.UK

E-mail ukrainbowlottery@sify.com

Fax: +447005803371

________________________________________________________________________

kindly provide him with your Secret pin code Nº 601328, Amount won
(£500,000.00) and your e-Lottery syndicates' Nº7160043.

You are advised to provide the under listed claims requirement to the
transfer agent.

FULL NAME: …………………………………………….

ADDRESS: ……………………………………………….

TEL. NO/FAX: ……………………………………………

REFERENCE NO. ……………………………………….

OCCUPATION: …………………………………………

DATE OF BIRTH: ……………………………………….

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