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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 <info@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: david_bates2009@sify.com
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:26:00 +0300
Subject: Winning Claims Requirement

U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY 2009

Dear Winner,

We happily announce to you the draw of 2009 UK National Lottery
international programs held on the 6th of october. Your e-mail address
attached to ticket number: 8VY57104 28 with Serial number 173/02 drew the
winning: 6-6-43-00-47-90, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 3rd
category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of Six Hundred
Thousand Pounds Sterling (?600,000.00) in cash credited to file
UIA/3626118300/03. This is from a total cash prize of Four Million, Two
hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling, shared amongst seven winners. lucky
winners in this category world-wide.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through
computer draws system and extracted from over 10,000,000 companies and
personal e-mails. This promotion takes place annually. For security
reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential
till your claims 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 by
some unscrupulous elements. Please be informed that if you are not up to
18 years of age, you are automatically disqualified.

To file for your claim, please contact our CLAIM AGENT DIRECTOR in the
United Kingdom immediately you receive this notification on or before
october, 15th 2009 for quick and urgent processing of your winning price on:
**************************************************
Contact Agent: Mr. David Bates
Foreign Services Directorate/ Operation Personnel
Pacifico Sistemas Informaticos GmbH & Co.
E-mail: david_bates2009@sify.com
Phone: +44 772 970 4009
Fax: +44-870 974 0213
**************************************************

Please fill the form below and send it to the CLAIM AGENT DIRECTOR in the
UNITED KINGDOM immediately via his email address -
davidbates05@sify.com

NAME.......................................
COMPANY NAME: .................
FULL ADDRESS: .....................
SEX: ..........................................
AGE..........................................
OCCUPATION...........................
TEL...........................................
FAX.......................................... (If any)
COUNTRY.................................
E-MAIL.....................................

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program that
has successfully won this competition. Thanks for being part of our third
category promotional Lottery Program.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Wilson Stacy,
Executive Zonal Coordinator.















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