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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"<message@uklotto.com>
Reply-To: <claimsagentsvincent@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 05:58:19 -0300
Subject: Message

Lansdowne Row
Berkeley Square
London, W1J 6H
United Kingdom.
Ref: UK/7803XI/04
Batch: 03/BT25/0306

NOTICE OF CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING!!
On the behalf of the Uk National Lottery Board, I hereby announce that
your email has been drawn winner of the Draw (#1168) of the online UK
National Lottery program program held on Sat 12 Jul 08.Your e-mail address
attached to Ticket Number: 2006680 with Serial number 2378/06 drew the
Winning numbers: 16 27 28 29 30 42 Bonus Ball 43,which subsequently won
you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 3 plus bonus.
You are hereby entitled to 500 000GBP (Five Hundred Thousand Pounds)
To file for your claim,Please contact our Fiduciary Agent for
validation.
*******************************************************************
Endeavour to email them the following informations for immediate
processing, verification and legalization of claims in order for
payment to be made to you as required in accordance with our payout
policy.
FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
NATIONALITY;
OCCUPATION:
AGE;
TELEPHONE:(HOME/MOBILE);
AMOUNT WON:
REF NUMBER:
BATCH NUMBER:
WINNING NUMBER:
TICKET NUMBER:
*******************************************************************
Mrs.Sarah Vincent
FIDUCIARY AGENT, Payment and Release order Department,
UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY CLAIMS PROCESSING AGENT.
OCEANIC BT, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
eMail; sarahvincent@live.com
Tel:+447024035150:+447023057123

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