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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 Lottery" <evylin_themba1@cantv.net>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:10:06 -0430
Subject: you won


The National Lottery
P.O.Box 1010
Liverpool L70 1NL. United Kingdom
Tel      : +447924573510
 Fax     : + 447924573510

(Customer service) NOTIFICATION DESK
 
Attention: Email Account Holder,

Congratulations!! Congratulations!!
We happily announce to you the draw (#1398) of the UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY, online

Sweepstakes promotion held in London on 18th Feb. 2010.
 
Your active e-mail address attached to the World Wide Web computer generated ticket

number: B55607545 4133 with reference number UK/JA2CT-110P/08 and Serial number ZA5365/3

,Batch number XA87-2PY,drew the lucky numbers: 01-05-09-27-42-45 Bonus 21
This subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e. matches 6 lucky numbers

Plus.
 
You have therefore been allocated to claim a total sum of £1,316,462.00 (One Million,

Three Hundred and Sixteen Thousand, Four Hundred and Sixty Two British Pounds) in cash is

credited to file UKPC/9080144308/07. This is from a total cash prize

Prize Breakdown
------------------------------------------------------------
Draw 1398 18 JULY. 01-05-09-27-42-45 Bonus 21    Jackpot for this draw     £3,949,386
------------------------------------------------------------No. of matches   No. of winners     £s per winner   Prize fund
Match 6            &nb sp;     3            &nb sp;          £1,316,462       £3,949,386
Match 5 plus Bonus 18            &n bsp;     £67,510            £1,215,180
Match 5            &nb sp; 794            & nbsp;          £956                  £759,064
Match 4            &nb sp; 41,222           &nbs p;      £40            & nbsp;      £1,648,880
Match 3             680,182           &nb sp;     £10            & nbsp;      £6,801,820
Totals                     722,219           &nb sp;            & nbsp;             ; £14,374,330
------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------

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Additional information Jackpot winner(s) Lucky Dip winners Machine used for draw Ball set

used
                         &nbs p;            &n bsp; 3            &nb sp;            & nbsp;             ;      

TOPAZ          &nb sp;            & nbsp;           4
------------------------------------------------------------------------ -----------------

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All World Wide Web valid email addresses used/participants for the online email version

were selected randomly via computer balloting from World Wide Web sites through computer

draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies

affiliated to the National Lottery and are listed online.
This Online promotion takes place via virtual ticket Bi-annually.
 
Please note that you’re lucky winning ticket file and number falls within our European

booklet representative office in Watford (UK) as indicated in your ballot played coupon.

In view of this, your £1,316,462.00 would be released to you by our payment bank.
 
Contact our Fiduciary agents immediately to commence release of your lottery prize.
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 choice you want to

claim your prize. Precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of

this program are in place. Please be warned!!!
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent and provide him with your

winning email details .remember to quote your reference numbers.

UK Lottery Fiduciary Agents:
Mr. Ferdinand  Dickson
Foreign Service Manager
Tel      : + 447924573510
 Fax     : + 447924573510


Watford Regional Centre
Tolpits Lane, Watford WD18 9RN .United Kingdom   
E-mail: uknatlott@hotmail.co.uk
Do not reply back to the senders address or the source email address, it is sent via

computer virtual assistance for response will not be read by Human but computer"

Therefore you must contact the fiduciary agents by telephone or email address provided

above "
 
Yours faithfully,
Susan Davies. Online coordinator.
UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.
Copyright (c) 1994-2010 The UK Lottery International Promotion Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service -Guideline. 77635 476378     255667460.
 

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